INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION. 



The first edition of this treatise was prepared at the 

 suggestion of some friends and other gentlemen ; it was in- 

 tended for use more particularly in Massachusetts and the 

 neighboring States. It has had a more extensive circulation, 

 and, from questions proposed to me from distant States in 

 this Union, as also by direct request, I have been induced to 

 prepare a second, enlarged by notes of my own, explanatory 

 of the first, and by copious extracts from such sources as 

 would present most, if not all, of the various conflicting 

 views respecting the cultivation of the grape. 



In giving the opinions of others, it has been my endeavor 

 to embrace as great a period of time as possible, that the 

 diflFerence in those now held, if any, might be seen ; to attain 

 this object, when, by so doing, I could retain the ideas of 

 those quoted, such parts have been extracted as contained 

 selections from previous authors. In the remarks on these 

 opinions and systems, their bearing upon the culture, in this 

 country, has been mainly considered, and they have been 

 made with the object of conveying information, and not witli 

 the idea of criticising them. Circumstances of climate, or 

 location, may render a practice successful in one country, 

 that may be highly improper in one differently situated. 



In the first edition, it Avas the plan to give a concise ac- 

 count of my own practice, as a system to be foUoAved by 

 others, without giving the reasons therefor. It was well 

 known, in the vicinity of the city, where my residence was, 

 and where it was presumed this treatise would circulate 

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