1762 87|77| Gave the border about ten barrels of water. House well damped morning and evening.

18 65 83 74

19 62 84 72

20 61 85 71 Weather rainy and cool. Light fire kindled at night, and, to prevent any danger of mil

dew as well as red spider, the hot water pipes and flues, were dusted with sulphur.

21 63 80 70 Fire kindled in the morning in consequence of the cool, damp weather, with heavy show

ers.

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24 59 80 66 25 62 80 69

26 62 78 63

27 61 78 64

28 64 92 75

29 66 92 78 30 65 90 73

JULY

Since the 21st, the weather has been cool, cloudy and rainy, and light fires have been required twice to keep up a good temperature. The vines having been allowed to ramble freely, all the laterals were now cut in to one eye beyond where they pushed, and all the spurs neatly tied in.

Cool, cloudy, and rainy.

Fine again. House well aired after being kept rather close during the dull weather.

During the month, the vines have continued to advance rapidly, and, since the refreshing rains of the 20th to 28th, the berries have swelled very fast. The house has been kept at a good temperature by lighting fires five or six times only during the cold and cloudy days.

1 68 70 71 Weather warm and dry. House well damped both morning and evening.

2 70 89 69

3 64 88 70

4 66 88 71

5

6

61 92 70

67 89 75 Fine weather since the 1st of the month.

7 66 90 75

8 68 92 76 Grapes continue to swell up fast. House well

9 69 97 78

10 69 93 80

11 70 98 81 12 68 94 81

13 70 90 81

14 68 91 80

15 67 90 78

watered.

Very warm during the last three days.
Warm with refreshing showers. The vines

have pushed out a strong growth on the lat-
erals since the 25th of June, and the whole
were looked over and cut back to one eye
beyond the last pruning.

A few berries on one of the Black Hamburgh vines show signs of coloring.

16 68 88 76 Wilmot's Black Hamburgh begins to color, and the berries of the White Muscadine have a transparent appearance.

17 65 86 72

18 63 85 74

19 64 86 73

The weather since the 12th has been cool for the season, with east winds, and the house has been kept rather close, in order to keep up a good temperature.

20 63 88 76 Warm again.

21 68 92 75

22 70 85 75

23 70 87 75

24 74 90 70 25 64 91 69

26 62 89 70 27 62 91 70

Cool and rainy. Light fire kindled, and flue dusted with sulphur.

Cool and rainy weather continues, and fires are required to keep up a good tempera

ture.

Vines looked over again; the laterals having grown considerably since the 12th, they were again cut back to one eye beyond the

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30 62 9381 31 64 96 80

AUG.

1 64 92 70

last stopping. Wood now begins to ripen, and the main shoots are well colored to the top of the house.

The weather, since the 29th, has been warm and fine, and the berries have changed color very rapidly. The Black Prince and Grizzly Frontignan begin to color well. The walks are still watered three times a day, and the house closed rather early, as the grapes always double their size, after they begin to color, if properly treated. During the day, an abundance of air is given from both top and side lights.

2 64 93 80

3 66 9470

4 64 93 79

5 6797 85

6 70 96 80

7 71 95 80

8 70 93 75 Warm, with light showers.

9 69 92 78

10 70 94 80 Cooler with showers.

11 60 93 79

12 62 94 80

13 64 93 81

Weather fair and warm. Watering the walks still continued, night and morning, and the grapes swell up rapidly, and color well. Muscat Blanc Hatif, a new grape, and Macready's Early White, both exceedingly fine sorts, are now ripe, and might have been cut, in good condition, the latter part of July. Pitmaston White Cluster and White Muscadine are also fully ripe. All the Hamburghs have now assumed a fine dark color.

14 63 95 74

15 62 93 80

16 60 91 78

17 63 94.79

The weather having been dry since the 10th, gave about a barrel of water to each vine.

18 62 90 70

19 60 91 71

20 61 90 70 Cloudy and cool, with east wind and rain. 21 60 91 70

22 60 89 78

Cut specimens of the Muscat Blanc Hatif, White Muscadine, Pitmaston White Cluster, White Frontignan, Macready's Early White, and Wilmot's Black Hamburgh for exhibition, the latter colored well, but not ripe.

23 61 90 68 24 60 91 69

25 60 90 67

26 58 65 62

27 60 80 60

Cold easterly storm; but the grapes being ripe, no fire required.

28 62 90 64 Warm again. House well aired now, both sides and top, leaving the sashes open late in the afternoon, in order to color the fruit well and ripen the wood, previous to bringing in the plants for the winter.

29 61 91 67

30 59 93 64 31 60 91 60

All the fruit in the house is now ripe, with the exception of the Esperione and Black Prince. The last is late, and has the valuable property of hanging very late.

From this date, the diary was discontinued, as the temperature was of no importance merely to ripen the wood. Abundance of air is all that is now required till the vines are pruned in December.

From the 23d of August, the grapes were gradually cut until the 1st of November, when the last of Wilmot's Black

Hamburgh were taken off. Besides the noble appearance of this new grape, it is remarkable for hanging late on the vine. The number of vines in the conservatory is nineteen, embracing ten kinds, which we have arranged about in the order of their ripening:

To this list, many others may be added, when a variety of kinds is wanted. Our selection was principally made for the purpose of proving the kinds we have enumerated. The Muscat of Alexandria should be one of the number in a choice collection, giving it the warmest situation in the house. We have already inarched one of the duplicate vines in order to have so splendid a variety. Other new sorts have also been recently introduced at each end of the conservatory, and as soon as we prove them, we shall give an account of their merits.

Trusting that our diary will be the best guide to the amateur in the treatment of the grape vine in the greenhouse or conservatory, we shall conclude our article with a few observations on thinning the grapes, and pruning the vines.

THINNING THE BERRIES.

This is an operation which is generally altogether too carelessly done. Our attention was first drawn to this subject. after reading a small treatise upon the vine by Mr. Roberts, one of the best modern cultivators of the grape in England. The ordinary mode of thinning grapes is to cut them out here and there in sufficient quantities to allow the swelling up of the remaining berries, regardless of the true form of the bunch.