The second part of Mr. Fuller's Review of the Grape Question, in the October number of the Horticulturist, is so grossly erroneous in the description of my proposed inside border, that I feel called upon to reply to it. Mr. Fuller quotes from Hoare on the Grape, to show that he had suggested an inside divided border, and consequently that my border is not new. But (as I have said before) Hoare did not suggest a detached border, in which the originality of my border consists; and yet, the very evils which were complained of in Hoare's inside border, Mr. Fuller attempts to fasten upon mine.

Mr. Fuller says, "These divided borders with impervious bottoms have been thoroughly tried in England, and in a few instances in this country; and we regret to say that in most instances they have failed to give satisfaction. "

"Again," says Mr. Fuller, "the fine sediment that will descend to the bottom [of such borders] and fasten itself there, will form a thick puddle that will prevent the surplus moisture being- carried away, and the roots that come in contact are consequently destroyed".

Mr. Fuller adds: "Thus it appears that this very border that is recommended by Bright, and put forth as new, is an old feature in grape culture, and one, too, that has been condemued by some of our best and most experienced gardeners".

Now the fact is, that my inside border has not an impervious bottom, as Iloare's had, nor does it rest on solid concrete. The bottom is formed of open, dry brick-work, elevated four inches above the floor or concrete, and it is as porous as a sieve. Mr. Fuller constantly speaks of Hoare's border as a "detached " one; but the very fact that it was not detached (or separated) from the front wall, and from the floor, as mine is, and that it was not readily and perfectly drained, formed the reasons why Marnock"doubted its practicability," and Johnson pronounced it a "failure," as stated.

No "thick puddle" can ever stand in the bottom of my detached border, which is, to all intents and purposes, a large open brick pot, suspended in air. The water must stand five or six inches deep all over the floor of the house, before my border wall cease to part with all excess of moisture beyond that which the soil is capable of holding in its pores or substance. The only difficulty that I have found with this border is, that if not properly-made it drains too freely, and requires a larger amount of water than borders resting upon concrete, or upon the soil. But this difficulty is more than compensated by its peculiar merits. The perfect control of moisture which the detached border affords was noticed in my article in this journal last month, and the vast importance of its thorough drainage was fully stated.

I now reassert my claim to originality in this detached border. I did not know before that it was so thoroughly original. I thought it was, because I had never seen or heard of one so made; but I did not positively know that one like it had never been made or suggested. These attempts to prove that it is not new, exhibit most distinctly its originality and merit.

Mr. Fuller says my detached border is " an old, condemned feature in grape culture." In view of the facts above noticed, and as Mr. Fuller is fond of antiquarian matters, I think I may be permitted to quote, as applicable to his case, an epitaph on a tombstone in England, erected somewhere about 1731, over the remains of one of his namesakes, which reads as follows: "Here lies Fuller's earth." I trust, Mr. Editor, that you will consider this remark as entirely within the limits of that "friendly way" in which you propose to have this discussion conducted. As Mr. Fuller permitted the article in question to go to press after personally inspecting my border at Philadelphia, during the late session of the Pomological Convention, seeing with his own eyes that it had not a wet, impervious bottom, resting upon solid concrete, I think if anybody has violated the proprieties of horticultural discussion, it is himself.

The inside detached border I consider the best in use for grape culture under glass. I am constantly introducing this border into the most elegant and costly houses around Philadelphia, having just finished seven fine houses on this plan; and it scarcely suits my ideas of truth and justice to have my plan so perverted in the description, and then denounced as " old, condemned, and worthless in practice," as it has been by Mr. Fuller. You, Mr. Editor, have seen my border, and know the facts, and I confidently appeal. to yon to let me be heard, in my own rude way, in its defence; and as you I propose to act the part of Judge in this matter, and to "sum up" by and by, I cheerfully submit the case to the decision of your genial and intelligent mind.

May it please your Honor, Mr. Editor, I rest chiefly upon the following as new and useful hints in grape culture, recently presented to the public by myself:

1st. Bright's method of growing grape-vines in the grapery and vineyard. All the new wood to be produced from buds within a few inches of the root, and not from any long stem or branches. Wood alone to be grown one year, and fruit the next Vines to be cut entirely down every other year, after fruiting. Short canes, carefully stopped and concentrated, with no long arms or laterals. Plants to be two feet apart in the row, so as to keep a fruiting and a growing set constantly on the same border or vineyard, (half fruiting and half making wood.) Is there anything new or probably useful in this?

2d. Bright's inside detached and divided border, separated from the front wail of the house, and from the floor, by a four-inch air-flue, thoroughly pervious to water, and perfectly drained, so as to obtain complete control of the heat and moisture of the border. Has precisely such a border been proposed by any other writer, or has such a border ever been in general, or even limited, use?

[We must do Mr. Fuller the justice to state that his article was sent to us as a whole, and that we divided it as a matter of convenience, on account of its length. It is all printed as originally written before Mr. Puller's visit to Philadelphia, and he has not seen it since. We must also here state that Mr. Bright's inside border has not an impervious bottom, and that there is no possibility of water accumulating in it. Mr. F. has now seen it, and will of course correct his misapprehension in this respect. We have noted your points, Mr. Bright, for our "summing up." - Ed].