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yardists is discarded as of no value unless it proves tliat 

 Dr. Grant and his pet varieties are not far ahead of all 

 others. The thousands of tons of grapes annually pro- 

 duced and consumed in this country serve only to show 

 the vitiated taste of the American people. We have been 

 acquainted with the lona and Israella for the past eight 

 years, and fully believe that they are really valuable 

 varieties in locations where they will succeed; but there is 

 only a small portion of our country in which their success is 

 certain ; and Mr. Mead and Dr. Grant know full well that 

 nothing less than an earthquake which shall entirely re- 

 arrange the face of the country, and change the soil and 

 climate of a large portion of the United States, will ever 

 enable its inhabitants to grow these varieties with any 

 degree of success. 



Mead's American Grape Culture contains many valuable 

 suggestions and much information which will be quite 

 acceptable to a large class of its readers. The work is 

 sj^lendidly illustrated, printed on fine paper, and ar- 

 ranged in an elegant dress. The attempt of the author 

 to introduce new words must j^rove to be a lamentable 

 failure. The English language is already sufficiently copi- 

 ous for all practical purposes, and no new words should be 

 admitted unless a necessity for it can be shown. 



On page 343 the author introduces applowhtg^ instead 

 of the old and familiar term plowing to the vines, and on 

 page 344, deplowing is used instead of plowing from. 

 Now if there is any Saxon root tliat will admit of a Latin 

 preposition, either compound or derivative, then we will own 

 that it has escaped our notice. Why not go still farther, 



