168 On the Cullivation of Seedlivg Grajjes. 



he goes from one part of the garden to another, or is on a walk or 

 journey, let him pay tliat degree of attention to every thing he sees 

 and hears, which will enable him to o;ive some account of them when 

 returned from his walk or journey ; and let him try the next day, or 

 some days afterwards, if he can recollect what he had seen then, or 

 at any particular time and place. 



The attention must be exercised systematically, in order not only 

 to impress the memory, and enable the observer or hearer to recol- 

 lect objects, but to describe them. A thing, or a discourse must be 

 attended to, not only as a whole, but as a composition of parts ; and 

 these parts must be considered not only as to their qualities of dimen- 

 sion, color, consistency, &ic.; but as to their relative situation and 

 position. Every faculty of the mind may be improved by use ; for 

 instance, take a child of ten years, set him down to try how many 

 lines he will commit to memory in one hour, perhaps it may be six ; 

 but let him continue tlie practice for one month, and in one hour, at 

 the end of this time, he will commit sixteen to memory with more 

 ease. Industry and perseverance will accomplish almost any thing 

 in this country, where a poor man has only to mind his work, and 

 preserve steady habits, to make himself rich. 



Yours, Grant Thorburn. 



IMkWs Cove, Long Island, March 12fA, 1835. 



Art. III. On the Cultivation of Sicdliiig Grapes ; with an Account 

 of the Variety called Shirtleff's Seedling. By Pemberton. 



Gentlemen, 



In the spring of the year of 1822, there came up, in my garden, 

 a great number of young grape vines, which sprung from seeds ac- 

 cidentally thrown out of the house. They were supposed to be 

 from foreign grapes. As the young seedlings made some progress 

 in their growth, and had acquired greater strength, I immediately per- 

 ceived that there was several kinds of foliage among them ; some 

 were of the parsley-leaved shape, (Ciotat), others of a dark green, 

 whh a smooth leaf, and one with a peculiar appearance ; the leaf being 

 of a remarkable light, glossy green, very smooth, and unlike any 

 other that I ever saw. In the fall of the year, most of them having 

 made very good growths, I pruned all the different kinds, (as they 

 appeared,) and determined to try and fruit them. Upon the ap- 

 proach of frost the vines were carefully protected from the cold, by 

 a covering of leaves, &c., as usual with other foreign grape vines. 

 The next season, as well as the two succeeding years, the vines 

 were treated like those raised from cuttings. The fourth year, how- 



