method. Situations where the two first methods may be 

 applied are very rare, so that the third, which may be applied 

 anywhere, is necessarily the most used, and, therefore, plays 

 the most important part in reconstitution. The American 

 vines will be studied first, at the same time we intend to 

 study the different questions relating to general viticulture) 

 and we will make a rapid survey only of special questions 

 concerning submersion and planting in sand. Such is the 

 idea which originated this work, in which the author has no 

 other object than to facilitate with practical advice the 

 efforts of viticulturists undertaking the great work of 

 reconstituting the vineyards of the South of France. 

 This book is far from being perfect, and would have gained 

 by waiting for longer experience, but it was thought that 

 under actual circumstances it was better to be incomplete 

 than to wait. 



G. FOEX. 



Colas-Montelimar, 



February, 1899. 



