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1, A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CULTURE OF THE VINE, AS WELL UNDER GLASS AS IN THE OPEN BIR. DT JOHN SANDERS. LBKDDN JuLJRNAL OF HORTICULTURE COTTAGE GARDENER OFFICE, 16, FLEET STREET. - 1862. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE DESCRIPTION OF PLATES . . . . . . . vii INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . xi CHAPTER I.-CULTURE OF THE VINE UNDER GLASS . 1 CHAPTER 11.-CULTURE OF THE MUSCAT GRAPE . . 15 CHAPTER 111.-CULTURE OF THE VINE IN THE OPEN AIR 23 CHAPTER IT.-CULTURE OF THE VINE IN POTS . . 26 DIRECTIONS TO BINDER . PLATES I.. 11.. 111.. and IV.. before PLATES V . and V1 . before . . . . . . . . . . . Page 1 . Page 16 PLATE V11 . before . . . . . . . . . Page 23 . . . . . . . . PLATES V111 . and IX before Page 26 DESCRIPTION OF PLATES, PLATES I., II., III., and IV, PLAN OP DOUBLE-FRONTED WALL HOUSE FOR GRAPES AND OTHER PURPOSES AS EXPLAINED IN CHAPTER I. EXTEBIOE END SECTION. a. Pillar. b b. Front lights. c. Wrought-iron tie bar. d. Hollow space for vine-stems. e. Door-way. f. Gutter to carry off the rain-water. FRONT ELEVATION. a. Concrete to prevent the roots from descending into the subsoil. b. Brickbats for drainage. DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. GROUND PLAN. a. Pillar. b b. Walls whereon to carry the front lights. c c c. Pathway. d d. Walls dividing the paths from the pit. e. Pit for growing various plants. PLATE IV. INTRRIOB END SECTION, WITH SHED FOR BOILRR. a. Pillar. b b. Front lights. c. Hollow space for vine-stems. d. Shelf for plants. e. Small pillar for support of the above shelf. f f. Hot-water pipes. g. Pit wherein to grow various plants. h. Back path. i. Front path. k. Gutter to carry off rain-water, l. Shed for boiler, C., and for growing mushrooms, c. m. Gutter. DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.PLATES V. and VI. PLAN OF HOUSE FOR MUSCAT GRAPES SEE CHAPTER 11. INTERIOR END SECTION. tc a. Vines pruned and trained in readiness for forcing. 6. Border for the vines roots. c. Brickbats for drainage. d. Concrete. e e. Hot-water pipes. ff. Iron support for the pipes. g. Gutter to carry off rain-water. h h. Wire to train the vines. i. Path. u a. Vines. b b. Border. G G. Base of arches. e. Path. PLATE VI. GROUND PLAN. SHOWING VINES A8 BROWN IN THE OPEN AIB. a a. Showing vines in full bearing. b b. Showing them after the crop has been cleared, and the vines pruned ready for future bearing. G. Border. d d. Galvanised nails for training vines. DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. PLATES VIII. and IX. PLAN OF A HOUSE FOR GROWING VINES IN POTS AND TROUGHS. PLATE VIII. IHTERIOR END SECTION. a a. Troughs for the vines. b b. Cavity formed with bricks and laths for drainage. c c. Iron bar and pillar for support of trough. d d. Vines. e e. Shelves for growing a succession of young vines. f. Pit for propagating or growing various plants. g g. Hot-water pipes. h h. Wire to which the vines are trained. i. Back path. k k. Steps leading from back to front path. I. Front path. m. Gutter. PLATE IX. GROUND PLAN. nu. Troughs. b b. aths. c c. Open cavity for water to pass off. d. Back path. e. Front path. f. Pit for propagating or growing various plants. gg. Steps. INTRODUCTION, Ndlam, Vare, aacra vite prius aeverk arborem. Hoa. O. xviii. THE early history of the ino is involved in obscurity. Many people consider its native country to be Syria but this appears exceedingly doubtful. It has been supposed that the vine was trained and reared by the llalzd of man almost immediately after the subsiding of the great waters ofthe deluge, as we find recorded in the 9th chapter of Genesis, that Noall began to bk an husbandman, and planted o vineyard. The early cultiation of the vine in Egypt is proved by the paintings on the ancient tombs...
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