436 FOREST CULTURE AND 
hot, wet, climes than the ordinary vine. About 250 
species of Vitis are already known, mostly from intra- 
tropical latitudes, and mostly evergreen; but in re- 
gard to their elevation above the ocean, and to the 
nature of their fruits, we are almost utterly without 
data. 
Vitis Labrusca, L.*—The Isabella Grape. North 
America, from Canada to Texas and Florida, also in 
Japan. The Schuylkill Grape is derived from this 
species. A pale-fruited variety furnishes the Bland’s 
Grape. Another yields the American Alexander 
Grape. The berries are large among American kinds 
and are of pleasant taste. Flowers fragrant. This 
and the other hardy North American vines seem nev- 
er to be attacked by the oidium disease. 
Vitis Schimperiana, Hochstetter.—From Abyssinia 
to Guinea. ‘This vine may become valuable with 
many other Central African kinds for tropical culture, 
and may show itself hardy here. Barter compares 
the edible berries to clusters of Frontignac grape. 
Vitis vinifera, L.* —The Grape Vine. Turkey, 
Persia, Tartary. This is not the place to discuss at 
length the great industrial questions concerning this 
highly important plant, even had these not engaged 
already since many years the attention of a large num- 
ber of our colonists. The whole territory of Victoria 
stretches essentially through the vine-zone, and thus 
most kinds of vines can be produced here, either on 
the lowlands or the less elevated mountains in various 
climatic regions, and in different geologic formations. 
The Corinthian variety, producing the ‘‘ Currants’’ 
of commerce, thrivesalso well in some districts, where, 
with Raisins, it promises to become a staple article 
