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cal horticulturist ought not to be without such works. I am persua¬ 
ded that all amateurs will not fail to procure them, to enable them to 
ensure their various experiments, where, without such they must 
fail in many most important ones. 
ARTICLE IV. 
ON THE CULTURE OF VINES IN POTS. 
BY MR. MM. BROWN, JUN. 
Mr. Grey not having succeeded with his vine culture in pots, I beg 
to refer him to Mr. Stafford’s remarks on the growth of the vine in 
pots, Vol. 1, where he will find a model to answer his views, if he 
puts in action Mr. Stafford’s plan of procedure. Mr. Grey potted 
his vines in maiden mould, and watered them with liquid manure ; 
but if any one plant vines in a rich soil, and the pot be not full of 
roots, of what use is liquid manure poured upon it from time to 
time, when soft water, that natural agent of existence, will answer 
the end, if judiciously applied. Mr. Grey says he kept his vines in 
the vinery, but unless he trained each vine to a single wire : see 
Mr. Stafford’s remarks, Vol. 1, No. 11, and exposed them to the 
powerful influence of the solar light, he would have no chance of 
good fruit. Besides, Mr. Grey kept his vines in the greenhouse, 
until every eye was swelled ready to push into leaf, and then placed 
them in the vinery at 70 degs. of heat. This is too sudden a transition, 
and quite contrary to nature, for when vegetation is put into action, 
the more gradually she is brought forth, the more we imitate nature, 
and the more prolific will be the results. Mr. Stafford’s procedure 
is, on the first of January, to place them in the vinery on the front 
flue, and then the roots and branch both come into action at once, 
the heat being regular, without any more removing throughout the 
season. The practice has been, and 1 believe now is, to raise young 
vines and place them close together at one end of the house, without 
attending to their primitive fructifying points, viz. air, light, and 
water. Such being the case, accounts appear very flattering, but I 
am sure without a full exposure to the light, no fructifying parts 
come to perfection. If a last year’s plant be placed on the front flue 
of a vinery or pine stove, see Mr. Stafford’s remarks, Vol. 1, No. 11, 
and trained up near the glass, so as to enjoy a large proportion of 
light and air with regular watering, that is when they appear dry, 
fruit will be obtained this season on Mr. Stafford’s method of grow¬ 
ing vines in pots, equal if not superior to those planted out, both in 
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