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prising forty-three pages in the authors' "Rural 

 Economy," published at New Brunswick, New 

 Jersey, in 1-'";. jj,. ,],.,. w heavily from the ex- 

 periences and writings of Antill. He mentions the 

 four enemies of grape-growing which are described 

 l>y Antill, and adds remarks upon the mildew and 

 hail, and rejoices that such terrible European pests 

 as the snail, gribonri, and beche —"which do art 

 yet been Pound adequate to conquer "—have not 

 yet reached America. In his time, the former seat 

 of Antill was occupied by Miles Smith, who had 

 "a large and handsome vineyard." But the chief 

 interesi which Johnson's account lias t«» us is the 

 eulogium which he pronounces upon Peter Legaux, 

 a vine-grower at Spring Mills, thirteen miles north- 

 west of Philadelphia. Legaux appears to have 

 been the most intelligent and public -spirited grape- 

 grower whir), tli.- country had known: and he was 

 the person who introduced— though unknowingly— the 

 grape which ushered in the distinctive Am.-ri.-an 

 viticulture. We -hall hear more of Legaux in the 

 following pages, and we shall pause now only to 

 read Johnson's praise of him. Our author >]„■.-, ks 

 of his application to "the philanthropic M. Legaux" 

 for information on the -rap.-, and then procei 

 "The liberality with which M. Legaux gave answers 

 to his correspondent, through the medium of the 

 ! , " , ' li, • papers, for the benefii of the public; the 

 botanico meterological observations mad.- for fifteen 



v.-ly. drawn out on purpose t<> am 

 tli- questions proposed, and also published for gen- 



