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FACTS  ABOUT  VINE  ROOTS. 
VINE  roots,  with  their  countless  tiny  ramifica¬ 
tions,  have  a  marvellous  power  which  they 
exercise  for  the  benefit  of  the  parent  Vine  ; 
ordinary  barriers,  in  the  shape  of  bricks  and 
mortar,  do  not  stop  them  when  they  are  inclined 
to  ramble  beyond  the  confines  of  the  carefully 
prepared  border — as  with  the  constantly  dripping 
watt-r  on  the  hard  stone,  it  is  not  the  great  force, 
but  the  persistency  which  in  the  one  case  wears 
away  the  stone,  in  the  other  penetrates  the 
would-be  barrier.  A  striking  illustration  of  the 
above  principle  has  lately  come  under  my  notice, 
and  I  doubt  not  others  have  at  times  met  with 
curious  examples  of  the  rambling  nature  and  pene¬ 
trating  power  of  Vine  roots. 
I  lately  had  occasion  to  lower  the  pathway  in 
a  propagating  house,  when  to  my  surprise  I  came 
across  many  fine  healthy  roots,  which  close  exami¬ 
nation  and  comparison  proved  to  be  Vine  roots, 
which  had  rambled  from  a  vinery  12  feet  away. 
On  ordinary  ground  this  would  not,  of  course, 
have  been  anything  to  cause  surprise,  but  the 
circumstances  under  which  they  forced  their  way 
so  far  from  the  border  proper,  are,  I  think,  worth 
recording.  They  came  from  an  inside  border  in 
an  early  house,  the  front  wall  being  bricked  up 
from  the  foundation,  and  without  arches  or  opening 
of  any  kind.  Between  this  and  the  propagating 
house  is  a  solid  walk  10  feet  in  width,  then  there 
is  the  bed  of  the  propagating  house,  4  feet  in 
width,  with  bottom  heat  pipes.  The  roots  must 
in  the  first  place  have  found  their  way  through 
the  wall  of  the  vinery,  then  travelled  beneath  the 
walk,  and  finally  worked  through  the  inside  and 
outside  Avails  of  the  propagating  bed,  or,  which 
I  think  mure  probable,  Yvorked  underneath  the 
foundations  of  the  propagating  house. 
It  seems  to  me  that  great  lessons  may  be  learned 
and  morals  pointed  from  such  simple  occurrences 
as  these,  for  does  it  not  show  what  tremendous 
obstacles  the  “infinitely  little”  rootlets  will  over¬ 
come  in  the  performance  of  th  'r  daily  work  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Vine,  of  which  they  are  an  insig¬ 
nificant,  yet  important  part.  Does  it  not  also 
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