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twigs, tu be used in tying up the tendrils, instead of 

 Btrings, which check the circnlation and impede the 

 growth. The vine is planted in rows, ranged one above 

 another along the Blope, so ;is to catch all the moisture 

 thai falls, and the better t<> retain the artificial irriga- 

 tion. Between the rows, which are at aboul twice the 

 distance of Indian com, there is Bufficienl space for 

 using the plough, to keep the ground lighl and free from 

 weeds. The soil is also enriched by common barn-yard 

 manure. 



"There are several distinct departments in the 

 grounds, set apart for the cultivation of numerous 

 varieties of the vine. Mr. Adlura has in all twenty or 

 thirty different kinds, among which are the following: 

 Hulin's Orwigsburgh grape, Bland's Madeira. Clifton's 

 Constantia, Tokay, Schuylkill Muscadel, Worthington 

 grape, Carolina purple Muscadine. Red juice, large fox 

 grape, Malmsey, purple Frontinac, Royal Muscadine. 

 black Hamburgh, black cluster, Syrian, Clapiers, Miller 

 Bergundy, and white Bweei water. 



"Mrs. Adlnin received us with mucb politeness, and 

 treated us with a glass of two kinds of Tokay wine of 

 an excellent quality. It is found upon the laities of the 

 Secretaries, and other citizens of Washington, not 1<>- 

 on accounl of its intrinsic excellence, than from a wish 

 to encourage the growth of the vine, and the cause of 

 domest ic manufael ures." 



Major Allium occupies such a commanding place in 

 our horticultural evolution that the reader will be glad 

 iketch of In- persona] history. Unfortunately, his 

 works have nol attracted the attention of biographers 

 ami historians; and it is with more than common 

 pleasure that I am able, through the aid of his grand' 



