Archive image from page 256 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 G R A 261 —♦— are contemplated, is not to leave them longer than four or five feet, and to re- move all the buds but the uppermost. These rootless cuttings are coiled into long narrow pots, being so placed that the bud of the apex of the shoot, al- though the highest part, is still two inches beneath the surface of the soil; at the same time sufficient room is left beneath the coil for the roots to extend themselves. These cuttings being put in between the midd
Archive image from page 256 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 G R A 261 —♦— are contemplated, is not to leave them longer than four or five feet, and to re- move all the buds but the uppermost. These rootless cuttings are coiled into long narrow pots, being so placed that the bud of the apex of the shoot, al- though the highest part, is still two inches beneath the surface of the soil; at the same time sufficient room is left beneath the coil for the roots to extend themselves. These cuttings being put in between the middle of January and the end of March, are plunged at once into a hot-bed between 90° and 100o, where they remain until they require more pot-room. They are then shifted, and placed in a suitable situation until again excited in November or December. When the cutting begins to grow, the shoot is trained upright, until it is seven or eight or ten joints long, when the top is pinched ofF. After this stopping the laterals are displaced as they appear; and if the vines have done well, two or three of the buds will also be excited at the same time, in which case the shoots are cut down to the lowest ex- cited eye. The single shoot is then trained upright and divested of all late- rals and tendrils. None of the plants are allowed to grow longer than from four to six feet, at which length the tops are pinched off, the uppermost lateral, which is also stopped at the first joint, being left to carry off the remaining sap. ' At this season the plants are re- moved to a warm and sheltered situa- tion in the open air; and when the leaves fall they are headed down to one, two, or three joints, according to their strength, and are placed against a northern aspect. When cold weather sets in they are taken back to a shel- tered spot, and plunged in the ground to protect the roots, the pots being mulched over, and the rods covered to protect them from frost. ' When these yearling potted vin
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