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paint; it is necessary to wash the wires and rafters at the same 
time, as the scale will be often found clinging to them. 
Among all the receipts given for killing the red spider, I have 
found none so simple or efficacious, or which does less injury to 
the vine, than the following, which I saw practised in a vinery 
where the insect had made great progress during the time the 
vines were in flower: — as soon as the fruit had set, the garden 
engine was taken into the house, and clean water thrown on the 
leaves with considerable force, taking care not to miss a leaf; 
this was continued for three alternate nights, and the process 
either killed the insects on the leaves, or washed them off, and 
left them in such a state that they were unable to recover; the 
consequence was, that not a single spider made its appearance 
during the rest of the summer. 
The kind of house best calculated for early forcing is one 
placed at an angle of about 45°, as the rays of the sun will act 
with more force on it, during the winter months ; and in all cases 
where practicable, the vine should be planted inside of the 
house. 
Colouring.— There are a great many opinions as to the cause 
of grapes not colouring well: some attribute it to the want of sun 
and air, others to the plants producing too heavy a crop; but I 
am of opinion, that the cause is to be attributed to the state of 
the border, as I have invariably found, when the vines were 
planted in a good border and properly managed, the grapes were 
all that could be wished. 
The sorts best calculated for early forcing are the follow¬ 
ing:— 
Black. White. 
Black Hamburgh. White Frontignan. 
Black Muscadine. White Muscadine. 
Black Frontignan. White Sweet Water. 
Cambridge House Garden, Twickenham, 
Feb. 7. 1844. 
VISITS TO REMARKABLE PLACES. 
We lately had the pleasure of visiting that seat of provincial 
horticulture, the neighbourhood of Manchester; but it happen¬ 
ing just when our last Number was going through the press, the 
attention it required rendered time valuable, and consequently 
