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inferred, how necessary it is for us, in commencing the for* 

 mation of our vineyards, to make our selections with great 

 judgment and circumspection. 



It has been the folly of many persons to send to Paris for 

 every French fruit, and to send to London for every Ei)g 

 lish one, without considering that they were much more 

 certain to obtain them with accuracy from other quarters. 

 The Government Garden of the Luxembourg, it is true, 

 contained a very great variety of the grape, but that esta- 

 blishment has been discontinued, and the collection no longer 

 exists. At present there is no extensive collection of the 

 grape at Paris, although some persons there will not fail to 

 execute an order for every variety which may be demanded : 

 for I have received the same grape, in one invoice, under no 

 less than ten different names in consequence of which, 

 some years since, I totally discontinued all my importations 

 from that quarter. 



Above one hundred varieties of the grape, enumerated in 

 the Catalogue recently published, have produced fruit, and 

 have been tested to my ample satisfaction ; and all others 

 there mentioned have been obtained from persons who have 

 dealt most honourably with me, in regard to other importa- 

 tions, and on whose confidence I can fully rely. And I am 

 happy to say, that time and experience has taught me to 

 make those discriminations, and brought me into correspon- 

 dence with those who are above deception. 



I will now proceed to state the European grapes under 

 the following heads : 



Grafies of Germany, Switzerland^ and the north of France , 

 Grafies of the middle of France ; and Grapes of the 

 south of France. 



This arrangement will aid those in this country who wish 

 to make selections for their respective localities. 



