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a little beyond Arles, in the Bouches-du-Rhéne, a distance of nearly one hundred miles, 
while east and west the distance was about seventy-five miles. Of Roquemaure, he 
says: ‘That beautiful vine-country, which last fall was in full prosperity, covered 
with vines, young and old, che cultivation and care of which are perfectly understood, 
is this year in greater part attacked and most of its vines dead or dying.” He found 
the district of Ramiéres completely devastated, and the disease extending in every 
direction. No remedy having yet been found, the march of the disease has been unim- 
peded, and is thus traced in a recent publication: ‘‘ In 1864 the Phylloxera crossed the 
Rhone from Gard to Vaucluse, and in that and the following year desolated many vine- 
yards at Sorgues, Camaret, Sainte Cecile, and Chateaunent du Pape. In 1866 it de- 
scended to St. Rémy, Graveson, and as far south as La Crau de St. Martin in the 
Bouches-du-Rhone. In 1868 it was at Terrascon, Senas,and Cadarache. In 1869 it 
had invaded the country around Arles, Orgon, and Miramas, the plain of Vannage, 
and the famous vineyards of Langlade, in Gard. In Langlade it destroyed vines 
planted in the days of the regency—one hundred and fifty years ago. In 1870 it 
appeared at Lunel, St. Jean de Lucules, and St. Gely du Fesc. The country of the 
famous Muscat wines, in the department of Hérault, up to that time had been 'con- 
sidered untouched. 
In 1871 it continued its march through Hérault in a southwesterly direction, and 
attacked Manguio, Cadenet, Boisteron, Lattes, and Vendargues, to the south of Mont- 
pellier, and in the same year advanced north as far as Valence,in Dréme, and east to 
some points in the department of Var. It appears that this scourge, after having 
crossed the Rhone several times, is now marching upon Lower Languedoc, in two nearly 
parallel columns. One appears to kave taken its departure from St. Rémy, in Vau- 
cluse, or from Arles, in the Bouches-du-Rhéne, and to have proceeded, going south of 
Nimes, toward Cette, crossing Lewel, Mauguio, and Lattes; the other starting from 
Gigondas, eight or ten miles northeast of Orange, in Vaucluse, crossing Chateauneuf 
du Pape, in a line north of Nimes, threatens Béziers in the southern center of Hérault. 
The district of Laveyron, on the border of Dré6me and close to the southwestern cor- 
ner of Isére, has been reached. Taking the monntain-range of the Cévennues on the 
west and the departments of Hautes Alpes and Basses Alpes on the east as bound- 
aries, we find all the intervening country more or less ravaged by the Phylloxera. 
Starting from Laveyron, in Dréme, going in a southwest line to Cette on the coast 
of Hérault, thence to Toulon, and back in a straight line to Laveyron, we have a vast 
triangle of the seven departments whose vineyards are being slowly destroyed. Includ- 
ing Gironde, eight of the most important departments in the richest wine-growing 
country in the world are redueed to-day to a melancholy condition. Taking them in 
the order in which they have suffered, they may be placed as follows: First, Vaucluse ; 
second, Bouches-du-Rhéne; third, Gard; fourth, Dréme; fifth, Hérault; sixth, Ardéche; 
seventh, Var; andeighth, Gironde. A few figures taken from official sources will give a 
more correct idea of the amount of damage suffered. Vaucluse had about 75,000 acres 
planted in vines in 1868, the average production of wine being about 160 gallons to 
the acre. 
At this time last year 40,000 acres around Orange were destroyed. In the present 
year, of the 75,000 acres of vines existing in 1863, fully two-thirds are utterly de- 
stroyed, and the other third is seriously threatened. The saddest reflection is thatthe . 
work of destruction has been most complete among the most celebrated brands. In 
the district of the Chateauneuf du Pape, all the varieties, La Nerthe and others, have 
been swept away in the common ruin. In the Bouches-du-Rhéne fully one-half the 
vines are dead or dying. 
In 1868 there were about 125,000 acres, producing, on an average, not more than 
80 or 100 gallons per acre. The disease exists in all the country from near Avignon 
along the western border to Arles ; thence southeast to Berre, and northeast to the river 
Durance. The most famous brand is produced at Cassis, on the southeast coast, near 
Marseilles. All the country east of Marseilles may be said to be more or less devastated. 
The department of Gard had about 440,000 acres of vines in 1868. Although about 
100,000 acres have been injured, the wine-crop will not be sensibly diminished this 
year. The average production, hitherto, has been about 300 gallons to the acre. The 
most esteemed brands are those of Tavel, Langlade, and some light wines. 
Tavel and Langlade have disappeared. In 1868, a vine produced at Vauvert ob- 
tained a gold medal at an exhibition. The Phylloxera appears to have appropriated it 
and several other gold-medal vines to its own use. The department of Droéme, with 
over 60,000 acres of vines, has suffered more than Gard. The vineyards along the Rhone, 
in this department, are being rapidly destroyed. Here is produced the renowned “ Her- 
mitage,” and probabiy the last crop has been harvested. The wines of Dréme are all 
of a superior quality. Hérault is the first in rank as a wine-producing department, 
both in respect to the number of acres and the quantity of production. In 1867, of 
the 750,000 acres of the cultivated land of the department, there were 410,000 devoted 
to vine-culture. In the present year there are 530,000 acres. The product per acre 
was 500 gallons in 1867, and in the remarkable year of 1865 it was estimated at 750 
