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REVIEWS. 



Art. I. A Practical Treatise on the Culture and Treatment 

 of the Grape Vine ; embracing its History^ with Direc- 

 tions for its Treatment in the United States, in the open air, 

 and under Glass Structures, with or without Fire Heat. 

 By J. FisK Allen. Second Edition, enlarged. 1 Yol. 8vo. 

 pp. 247. Boston, 1848. 



The best evidence of the increasing interest manifested in 

 the cultivation of the grape, is the desire to possess all the 

 information upon the subject, which comes before the public. 

 It is but little more than a year, since Mr. Allen, at the sug- 

 gestion of some friends, prepared his little manual of fifty 

 pages or so, which was noticed by us in our volume for 1847, 

 (XIII. p. 406,) and now Ave have the same before us, en- 

 larged and extended to upwards of two hundred pages, form- 

 ing a complete treatise upon the culture of the grape, under 

 glass, as well as in the open air. 



The cultivation of the grape, though so rapidly extended 

 within a few years, and carried, as it is, to so high a state of 

 perfection in some few instances, must yet be considered as 

 merely begun in this country. In the vicinity of Boston, there 

 is a large number of grape-growers, who make it a business 

 to produce fruit for sale, and who keep the market well sup- 

 plied from April to December ; and there is a still greater num- 

 ber of amateur cultivators, who raise immense quantities of 

 grapes for their own consumption. In NeAv York and Phila- 

 adelphia, there are some considerable quantities of grapes, 

 artificially grown. But, with few exceptions, beyond the 

 vicinity of these cities, the culture of the grape, under glass, 

 has not yet been attempted. Through the several volumes of 

 our Magazine, numerous excellent articles will be found upon 

 the treatment of the vine ; and we are happy to know that 

 they have not only directed attention to the growth of this 

 delicious fruit, but have rendered valuable aid in its successful 

 cultivation. Mr. Allen's treatise, though of limited extent, 

 came in good time to push on the work ; and now, in its more 



