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preneUes ? I ask you, is it not nonsense ? 

 Besides, I cannot, as in speaking of a public 

 square or a street, resort to the expedient 

 of using circumlocutions to indicate the 

 route which leads to it. And if, from the 

 vegetable kingdom, we ascend to the ani- 

 mal, do we not here still find something to 

 change. I see at once the Royal Tiger, 

 the Roijal Eagle ! Will you say VAi- 

 gle des Vosges, h Tigre de la Repuhlique? 

 A double absurdity ! There are no eagles 

 among the Vosgers, monsieur ; and if the 

 Republic produces tigers she had better not 

 boast of it. And the lion, the king of ani- 

 mals, will you proceed to make him first 

 consul or president of the animals ? Ano- 

 ther folly ! You see plainly it is absurd ; 

 it is odious ! Let each one retain his name 

 in the menagerie, as in the garden, iox fen 

 revieus n mes moutons, that is, to my Dah- 



lias and my Roses ! I assert that a change 

 of nomenclature, then, would produce dis- 

 order, confusion and chaos. I intend to 

 address a petition to the Chamber ; and if 

 the representatives do not grant its rights, 

 if the government persists in this revolu- 

 tionary measure, — very well! The Bon 

 Jardinier* will not appear next year, and 

 then we shall see !" 



I left my good neighbor to digest his pe- 

 tition, which, I believe, will not be more 

 ridiculous than many others. But, in the 

 mean time, while the question is preparing 

 for the National Assembly, it seems to me 

 there is for you, my friend, the thread of a 

 curious chapter to put in your Gucpes. You 

 may entitle it — " On the Influence of De- 

 mocratic Revolutions, on Dahlias and 

 OTHER Ornamental Flowers." 



X. B. Saintine, 



GRAPE CULTURE IN THE VINERY. 



BY GEORGE GABRIEL, NEW- HAVEN. 



A. J. Downing, Esq. — Dear Sir: I sup- 

 pose sufficient has been written, from time 

 to time, on the cultivation of the vine, un- 

 der glass structures, for all practical pur- 

 poses, and to enable any one to make the 

 attempt without any apprehension as to the 

 result. Indeed, from the success that has 

 attended my own limited experience, the 

 difficulties and mysteries that appeared to 

 hang like a cloud about graperies, have en- 

 tirely vanished. 



It is true, that labor and attention are ne- 

 cessary. Pomona does not yield her favors 

 profusely in any department, without re- 

 ceiving some kind attentions. Yet, the 

 gratifi;ation of cultivating, and the luxury 

 of enjoying this delicious fruit, might be 

 greatly extended ; and would be, I think, 



were there a more general diffusion of in- 

 telligence in relation to its cultivation. It 

 appears to me, now, perfectly simple and 

 easy. 



The testimony of any successful cultiva- 

 tor, in relation to any fruit or plant that 

 has been supposed to be attended by diffi- 

 culties in its culture, may encourage others 

 to engage in it. This is the motive I have 

 in addressing you. 



My attention has been given, more or 

 less, to horticultural pursuits, or, rather, 

 horticultural pleasures, for some ten years 

 past ; and nothing has afforded me more 

 satisfaction, than the success that has at- 

 tended the cultivation of twelve or fourteen 



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