BIBLIOGKAPHY OF GRAPE CULTURE. 



The subjoined list contains all the principal works which 

 have been consulted in the preparation of the following treatise. 

 Having made the study of the subject a specialty, we have been 

 at considerable pains to collect all the works relating to vine 

 culture of which we could find any account, and although there 

 are several important omissions in the list given below, yet it is 

 believed that their place is tolerably well supplied by those of 

 which titles are given. As our attention has been chiefly 

 directed to open air culture, we have intentionally omitted some 

 excellent English works. The French, however, possess some 

 valuable treatises which we regret having been unable to obtain, 

 and a still greater source of regret has been that we have been 

 unable to use the many fine works possessed by the Germans. 



It was suggested that this list be prefaced with a short article 

 on the bibliography of grape culture, or at least that the pecu- 

 liar features of the works mentioned be indicated. But we found 

 ourselves incompetent to the former, and the latter would have 

 occupied a space disproportionate to its importance in a prac- 

 tical treatise. It is hoped, however, that the list given will not 

 prove useless to those who desire to extend their inquiries be- 

 yond the narrow limits of the present work, and from the assist- 

 ance which we ourselves have frequently derived from similar 

 catalogues, we feel confident that this hope is not ill founded. 

 It may be added, in conclusion, that many works have been con- 

 sulted and used of which no mention is made, simply from the 

 remoteness of their general bearing upon the subject. Thus 

 the figure of the oidium is taken from Pouillet's "Traite de 



