The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . border. From the outside of thestoke-hole should be brought a current of air to the endof the chamber next the boiler, to drive the heated airfrom that part in the direction of the warm-air smoke liy passing along the flue will lose a greatpart of its blackness, and will appear more like steamwhen it leaves the chimney. This of itself will healmost equivalent to the expense incurred; while thesoot can be easily collected at (//i), in the ground-plan,and employed as manure, as well its for destroyinginsects. The arrangement of the ma
The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . border. From the outside of thestoke-hole should be brought a current of air to the endof the chamber next the boiler, to drive the heated airfrom that part in the direction of the warm-air smoke liy passing along the flue will lose a greatpart of its blackness, and will appear more like steamwhen it leaves the chimney. This of itself will healmost equivalent to the expense incurred; while thesoot can be easily collected at (//i), in the ground-plan,and employed as manure, as well its for destroyinginsects. The arrangement of the material of the borderi<=, I imagine, a decided improvement on the old soil laying on the ridges of hard material cannotfail to be well drained ; while liquid may bepoured along the top of the ridges during the swellingof the fruit without any danger of over-wetting the such a plan as this all soft and quickly-decayingmatter may be dispensed with in making the border,and nothing used above the ridges of drainage but turf. feaj^^g^^^^^S^^ pird3 ticability. It is agreed on all hands that, to insure suc-cess in early forcing of Vines, the rfjots must be keptwarm and moderately dry ; and that when this is done,we may, with proper management within the house,make pretty sure of a crop of good fruit, possessing allthe desirable qualities of being well-flavoured, free fromshrivelling, and having a perfect bloom. In introducingauy improvement into our practice, economy mustalways be one of the first considerations. Nothingwhich does not possess the desirable qualities of sim-plicity and cheapness can ever be of general method I am about to describe w ill have expenseconnected it; but when I consider the frequentfailnres and disappointments to which gardeners aresubject in Vine forcing, and the anxiety that has longexisted to prevent shanking and shrivelling (whicharise from cold and vvet borders_*, I trust all will admitthat the expense will
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