io THE VINEYARDS OF THE WORLD. 



planted not only on Kentish chalk and 

 Surrey gravel, but in almost every part 

 of the country, as far North as Scot- 

 land. 



In more recent times, it was the suc- 

 cessors of those early Christian priests who 

 also taught the art of viticulture all along 

 the Pacific coast, from California and 

 Mexico to Peru and Chili. 



It is true that the Vineyards of Britain, 

 if we except those of the Marquis of Bute, 

 in Wales, and of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, in Surrey, have long ceased to 

 exist, as well as those of Normandy, Bel- 

 gium, and Northern Germany. This is not, 

 however, because vines can no longer be 

 grown in northern latitudes, but because 

 it has been found more profitable for cen- 

 turies past to obtain wine from those 

 foreign lands where the climate, soil and 

 cheaper labour, make it possible to produce 



