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CULTURE OF THE VINE. 
sorts, they shall he able to make wine to a very considerable extent. 
There are, however, still other difficulties to overcome before this de¬ 
sirable object is attained; at a later period in the summer they are 
often subject, near Sydney, to a dry, hot wind, which injures the 
vines much; and it would appear from last year’s observations that 
those sorts which stood the cold winds of the spring best, did not 
bear the hot dry winds, so well as some of the tender kinds: it is to 
be hoped, however, that the perseverance which seems already to 
have overcome the greatest impediment, will be able to find varieties 
which will endure both kinds of wine. 
J. T. 
ARTICLE II. 
PLAN AND DESCRIPTION OF A PROPACATING-HOUSE. 
BY MR. RONALDS, NURSERYMAN, BRENTFORD. 
I am persuaded almost all the plants with which we are acquainted 
may be increased by cuttings ; and in order to perform this success¬ 
fully two things are requisite to be known : the best time to take the 
cuttings from the plants, and the best manner of keeping them alive 
until nature has formed roots to support them. It would be impos¬ 
sible to lay down any rule for the first, without making an entire list 
of all the plants known, as every genus, and even species, differs more 
or less from another; for instance, the common tree Poeonv (Pceo'nia 
Moutan) will root in six weeks, if the cuttings are put in soon after 
the plants are out of blow’; whilst the sweet scented variety will only 
strike when planted previous to the flower expanding. 
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