PREFACE. V 



eliciting important information from practical 

 vine growers. Among the best of these may be 

 cited the little Manual of Mr. Brun Chappuis, 

 adopted and recommended by the Agricultural 

 Society of Geneva, and that of Mr. Reymondin. 

 The first of these is a treasure to the vine grower. 

 'Tis a breviary of practical instructions on the 

 duties of the vineyard, and contains such plain 

 and concise directions, as can scarcely fail, if pro- 

 perly attended to, of resulting in the establishment 

 of a successful vineyard. 



This little pamphlet now out of print was 

 difficult of access; but through the influence of 

 my friend Mr. Charles de Bonstetten, of Geneva 

 and Valeyres, I procured it and having transla- 

 ted, have annexed it to this work. One chap- 

 ter of Mr. Reymondin I have also translated, that 

 the agriculturalist may compare in part the sys- 

 tem of each. Though containing a fund of prac- 

 tical instruction, his work is encumbered with 

 much irrelevant matter. In giving the chapter 

 here annexed,! have husked the chestnut, retain- 

 ing the kernel, and rejecting the useless burr. 



Wine making is better understood in France 

 than in Switzerland. Many valuable works have 

 been written on the subject by the French masters. 

 The treatise of Chaptal is pre-eminent, and such 

 as was to be expected from the pen of that distin- 

 guished chemist. It is however too elaborate for 

 our purpose, and fit only for the advanced state 

 of wine making. 



The little work of Mr. Bulosisan epitome, pre- 

 senting 1 a condensed view of practical wine mak- 

 ing, and is of the same character with the Man- 



