APPENDIX. 



SAN GABRIEL, Cal., December 26th, 1881. 

 MR. THOS. A. GAREY. 



DEAR SIR: I am in receipt of yours, and regret exceedingly 

 that press of business prevents my revising or writing at all for 

 your book. If the letters heretofore published in the Semi- 

 Tropic or Herald are of any use to you, you are more than 

 welcome to use them. 



Regretting that I cannot do more for the present, with kindest 

 wishes for the success of your work, 



I am respectfully yours, - L. J. ROSE. 



[The above letter explains itself, and in pursuance of the kind 

 permission of Mr. Rose, the subjoined extracts from his letters 

 to the press on grape culture are given (as an appendix to my 

 book) substantially as written by him. They are of great value, 

 coming as they do from a man of great practical experience in 

 the matter of viticulture in this State. They give in a concise 

 manner a full text of the main and principal features of the 

 business, and if followed to the letter will, I confidently believe, 

 give full satisfaction. THOS. A. GAREY.] 



INTRODUCTORY. 



SUNNY SLOPE, March, 1880. Sunday morning, after the 

 rain, again all is lovely. The rain has made a good season 

 almost assured, and all is brightness and contentment. Even 

 the air is washed out clear and pure. The land is covered in 

 every part by the tender green of the new-growing grass ; flowers 

 have their faces washed, and the rose, jasmine, heliotrope and 

 geranium have a fresher and brighter look, and with a fresh 

 fragrance perfume the air. Even the birds are animated by a 

 new life, and flit in and out among the branches of the pepper 

 trees, almost bursting their throats with their spring melodies. 

 The sun shines brightly, the air is soft and balmy, and not a 

 breath of wind is stirring; the bee hums lazily in the casement ; 

 the eagle soars slowly over Sierra Madre Villa; and even rest- 



