486 Culture of the Grape, 6^0. 



Art. IV. NormarCs Southern Agricultural Almanac for 1847, 

 Edited by T. Affleck, Esq., devoted exclusively to the Ag- 

 ricultural Interests of the South, Pamphlet, 12mo. pp. 44. 

 New Orleans. 1846. 



That the South is awaking to the importance of agricultu- 

 ral information, is attested by the call for an agricultural al- 

 manac, a copy of which we have now before us, edited by our 

 correspondent, Mr. Affleck of Mississippi, formerly of the Cin- 

 cinnati Farmer and Gardener. It is the first of a series which 

 the Editor states, in the preface, will be published annually, 

 and hereafter, will consist of about one hundred pages, the size 

 originally intended for the volume ; but the matter could not 

 be prepared in time, and consequently it had to be reduced 

 and sold at a proportionally low price to introduce the work. 

 Mr. Affleck is able to make it a most acceptable yearly ofier- 

 ing upon the Farmer's table. 



Art. V. Remarks on the Cidture of the Grape and Manu-- 

 facture of Wiiie in the Western States: comprising a Re- 

 port made by Direction of the Cincinnati Horticultural So- 

 ciety, May 2cZ, 1846. By Melzer Flagg, M. D. Pamph- 

 let. 8vo. pp. 18. Cincinnati. 1846. 



We are indebted to the author for this very interesting 

 pamphlet on the progress of the vineyard culture of the vine 

 in the West. The substance of it is embodied in the Trans- 

 actions of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, reviewed at 

 page 304, and, had Ave room, we should be glad to notice 

 it at length. Dr. Flagg shows conclusively the profit to be 

 derived from the manufacture of wine, and states that but 

 little of last year's vintage remains unsold, the price varying 

 from ^1 to |1 50 per gallon. 



The advocates of total abstinence, we fear, will not agree 

 with the doctor in his views of the use of wine ; especially 

 that the cultivation of the vine to supply a wholesome drink 

 will "improve our moral condition as a nation." We, how- 

 ever, must side with him when he states that the "idea that 



