PEEFAOE. 



THE author of this short treatise was born in 

 the south of France, where the vine has reached 

 the highest degree of perfection, and where it is 

 most generally cultivated. 



On looking into the geography and statistics 

 of the United States, he was astonished that the 

 vine did not, as it does in France, constitute one 

 of the chief productions of a' country so highly 

 favored in the triple point of view of position, 

 laws, and national policy. So, after a residence 

 of some time, he inquired into the causes that 

 had prevented its introduction on an extensive 

 scale. 



Several persons of enlightenment, and who 

 have had experience in the cultivation of land as 

 well in France as in the United States, are satis- 

 fied the step would be successful, and adduce the 



