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the French, it will be seen, "become new things 

 in his hands. To Mr. Holton, then, we had 

 recourse ; but for various reasons the engrav- 

 ings " dragged their slow length along." They 

 might have been hastened by copying and 

 transferring ; but that would not quite suit our 

 sense of propriety. We therefore applied to 

 Dr. Grant for permission to take electrotypes 

 from some of his engravings, and got more than 

 we asked for. The answer came that we could 

 have whatever we wanted. It therefore be- 

 comes our pleasing duty to make an acknow- 

 ledgment befitting such generous liberality, and 

 we do it very heartily. It may not interest the 

 public, but it concerns us much whether we 

 make use of the property of others with or 

 without their approbation. It is thus that we 

 have been enabled to illustrate the present 

 volume with the most beautiful vine portraits 

 that have ever been given to the public, and 

 the minute truthfulness of which the reader 

 will find of material assistance to him. 



One word more of encouragement to the be- 

 ginner. There can be no doubt that grape 

 culture, under proper conditions, is one of the 

 most profitable departments of horticulture, and 

 may be entered upon without misgiving by any 



