BRIEF EDITORIAL NOTES.-Continued. 



[From the "Cn/tiralor and Country Gentleman" Jan. 18<S4.'\ 



Grape Catalopite. — We have received from Busli & Son 

 \- INIeissiier, of Busliberg Mo., tlieir Illiisti'atcd Descrip- 

 tive Catalosiueof Anierrcan tii-apos and (iiape Growers' 

 Manual, a larse pamphlet of 150 pages, half of which is 

 occupied with very complete descriptious of tlie many 

 Icnowii American varieties, and copious illustrated in- 

 structions are furnished for the manajiement of the 

 \'ines. A convenient descriptive index is given to tlie 

 240 descriptions. This catalogue appears to have been 

 prepared with great care, and will he valuable to grape 

 gi'owers. 



[From the 



Fanner's Home Jonniah" Lonisvi/le. Ky., 

 December, 1S83.'] 



Grape I ataliii/iie.— By far the most complete and vahi- 

 able essay on the grape, its varieties and their culture, 

 is the illustrated Descriptive Catalogue, issued by 

 Bush & Son & Meissner, Bushherg, Mo. We have re- 

 ceived from them a copy of the thij'd edition, which 

 has iust been issued. It is eiglit years since the second 

 edition was prepared, and this latter publication con- 

 tains the vast information and experience that have 

 heen accumulated during these years, so prolific in new 

 \ arieties, and so full of investigation by men of science 

 and slcill. It is worth five times the i)rice to any grape 

 grower, and we urge every one to procure a copy, as 

 they will find it invaluable as a work to study, and 

 t lien to use as a book of reference. 



[From the "National 'J'ribune." Washington, D. C, Decem- 

 ber 0, 18S3.] 



yew Catalogue by Bush (f- Son if Meissner, Biishberg, Jeffer- 

 son Co.. Mo. 

 We make uo hesitation in giving oui' opinion on the 

 above, viz.: that we consider it the most valuable cata- 

 logue ever gotten up on American grapes. More than 

 this, it is, in some respects, by far the best manual 

 which has yet appeared on this subject. 



[From "Colman's Rural World," Deremlier, JSS3.} 

 Samuel Miller, Horti(-ultaral Editor. 



The Bushberg Grape Catalogue.— We are often asked hy 

 beginners what worlc on grape-growing is the best to 

 to get, and for a good while referred them to Hiisniann's 

 work on grapes and wine. But this one above referred 

 to, contains about all the information that the previous 

 works liave, and a large amount of valuable informa- 

 tion never before published on the subject. For forty 

 years I have been getting every work on the grape that 

 I could hear of, and consider this of Bush & Son & 

 Meissner the most valuable work of the kind yet pub- 

 lished in the English language; and it should be In the 

 possession of every man that grows grapes, or intends 

 floing it. It teaches the Ijeginner from the first start so 

 plainly, that it is impossible to err, and the description 

 of varieties ahjng wnth the classifying the different 

 families of grapes is complete. 



[From the ''American Gardin." X. I'., Dec, JSS3.1 



Bush if- .S'«» tf- Meissner, Bushherg, Mo. — Illustrated 

 Descriptive Catalogue of American Grape Vines. This 

 hand.some pamphlet, of over one hundred and fifty 

 pages is not as its title might indicate, a mere nursery- 

 man's price list. In fact, it contains no prices at all, 

 hut is a complete manual, treating of everything per- 

 taining to the treatment and culture of Grapes. The 

 <lescri])tive list of varieties, up to the pi'esent time, is 

 the most complete and relial)le work of the kind ever 

 l)ul)lished. 



[From the " Weekly ."iuu," Neir York. Jan. '.). 18S4.\ 

 A. S. Fuller, Agricultural Editor. 

 A Valuable Catalogue. —We are frecjuently reminded of 

 the great amount of valuahle information that is being 

 disseminated in dealers" i-.'i talngues, l)ut have met none 

 tliat fvcelled in this fespect the Bushlierg catalogue of 

 uiapt'-vines. published t\y Hush & Son & Meissner, of 

 lUisliberg, Mo. This Is not nu^rcly a catalogue, but an 

 extended treatise on the vine, commencing with a thor- 

 ougli scientific review and description of all our native 

 species, written expressly for this work l)y Dr. George 

 Engelmann, of St. Louis, who has prol)al)ly given more 

 time to tiie study of our indigenous grapes than any 

 other living botanist. It next gives an essay on the 

 diseases of the vine, which is followed by a cliaptt-r on 

 insects injurious to it, and the various methods of prop- 

 agation, all very fully illustrated. Full instructions in 

 pruning and training the vines are also given, a.nd, 

 upon tilt; whole, we do not hesitate to say that the worlc 

 far surpasses anything of the kind ever published in 

 any country or language foi' the price. 



[From the '• Rural JVeir Yorker," December, 1883,] 



Elbert S. Cabman, Editor. 



The Bushberg Illustrated Catalogue of American 

 Grape Vines, third revised edition. This is the most 

 valuable treatise on the American grape ever publish- 

 ed, and we should be glad if it were in the hands of 

 every one of our readers. 



[Fromthe 'Gardener's Monthly," .lauuary, 1884.] 



Tho.mas Meehan, Editor. 



Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of American Grape-vines, 



by Bush if Son if Meissner. 



This is really a scientific treatise, embracing every- 

 thing that any one can want to know about grape- 

 growing or wine-making, and we l)elieve nothing like it 

 has ever been produced by any horticultural business 

 firm — certainly not in this couiitry. Like all catalogues 

 of nurserymen,it will be of great value to those wliowant 

 to plant, and, unlike many, will have an honored place 

 as a permanent addition to a well-ordered library. 



[From the "Ohio Farmer," January, 1884.] 



Bushberg Catalogue. — An excellent manual on the 

 grape, containing over LW pages. This is the third edi- 

 tion, revised and bi'ought down to date. The instruc- 

 tions on planting, culture, selections, insects, diseases, 

 etc.. etc., are complete, and the catalogue invaluable 

 to the grape grower, containing as It does descriptions 

 of all recognized useful varieties. 



[Extracts from the Introduction to the French Edition. "85] 



. . . "Lelivre de ^IM. Bush et Meissner est plein 

 des ensignements mutuals iiue les Etats-Unis et la 

 France se sont donnes sur la cuUure des vignes resist- 

 antes, et cet echaiige de services nest hereusement pas 

 jjres de cesser. . . . En tout cas, I'oeuvre de nos amis 

 de Saint Louis, enrichie des savants travau.x d'Engel- 

 mann etde Riley, gardait pour nous une originalitt, une 

 valeur de premier ordre au point de viie ampelograph- 

 iquc. . . . llonneur done et remerciements aiix Am- 

 pelographesde Bushberg! leur travail est la hasesolide 

 sur laquelle rexperienccs (\e I'Europe, unie a (^elle de 

 TAmcriiie, edifiera peu a peu la eonnaissance scien- 

 tifique et pratir|ue des vignes Americaines." 



•I.-F. I'lanchon. 



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