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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ March, 
On this vine I have inarched Foster’s White 
Seedling, which is now a good cane, and pro¬ 
mises to do well. Both of the vines grow re¬ 
markably strong and vigorous. The third year 
after planting, they were allowed to bear some 
fruit; on that in the early house I left a light 
crop, on the other a fair crop. I found that 
to ripen them, they took the greatest length of 
time and the most fire-heat of any kind I know. 
Further, they never coloured to my satisfac¬ 
tion : even the one in the early house, though 
last year only allowed to bear a light crop, did 
not colour satisfactorily. When ripe, there is 
nothing fine or showy about the bunches. It 
has only one property to recommend it, and 
that is, it hangs for a long time after it is 
ripe. It is a grape that will soon pass into 
oblivion, as few people would care to grow an 
inferior sort, when there are so many good kinds 
to be had.—M. Saul, Stourton, Yorkshire. 
ADIANTUM AMABILE FOR HANGING BASKETS. 
ERMIT me to draw the attention of 
your Fern-loving readers to the merits 
of the above-named Adiantum as a 
basket Fern, for which purpose we find it 
answer admirably; its long drooping fronds 
being in this way seen to much better advan¬ 
tage than when grown in pots. The basket 
from which the accompanying photograph [a 
very elegant example] was taken, was filled 
last October, which month we find the best 
for planting any kinds of Ferns or Lycopods 
in baskets, as they have then time to get 
partially established before the sun gets much 
power in spring, and, as is well known, the 
atmosphere in all temperate ferneries and 
stoves is at that time more equably charged 
with moisture than at any other time. 
