ANALYSIS OF SOILS. 65 



definite arrangement of all our vai-ieties. The perfection of 

 this desirable object must therefore remain for future labors ; 

 but it is to be hoped, an end so desirable will not be lost sight 

 of by the amateurs of the vine throughout our country,^ and 

 that each will, by developing the various points which fall 

 within his notice, contribute his mite toward a perfect arrange- 

 ment of the various classes, a precise nomenclature, and a 

 knowledge of the peculiar qualities of the respective kinds." 



ANALYSIS OF SOILS. 



A publication under this head, in the first edition, is omitted 

 in the present, doubts having been expressed of its accurac3^ 

 The article was taken from the minutes of the Cincinnati Hor- 

 ticultural Society, and the analysis made by Charles Whit- 

 tlesey and A. Randall, for the State Agricultural Society. 



The following specimen is given, that those who choose 

 may criticise it — and the soil is much like that on which the 

 writer's vineyard is planted. 



** iVb. 2." From land worn down by twenty-five years* 

 cropping. 



Oxide of iron, 0.31 



Carbonate of lime, 3.91 



Yegetable matter, 3. 10 



Earthy residue, 90.31 



Water, 1.37 



1.00 

 It may be proper here to remark, that old lands, or such 

 as have been under tillage for some years, are better suited 

 to vineyard culture than new, the grapes being less subject 

 to the *' rot." 



FINING WINES. 



In this branch of the business, the writer has had but little 

 experience, and therefore gives the opinion of others, in pre- 

 forenre to his own. 



