PUBLISHERS’ PREFACE. 
Wh posed to issue a new and enlarged 
edition of the present volume, the author was requested 
to make such changes and additions as his later experience 
had shown to be necessary. In due time he reported that 
he had gone all over the work, and having compared its 
teachings with his daily practice, he could see nothing 
which he wished to alter. He suggested that the work 
might be made more valuable by adding descriptions of 
the better varieties of the exotic grapes introduced since 
the former edition. 
In view of the above, we are warranted in presenting 
the work as embodying the former teachings confirmed 
by the later experience of one who may be regarded as a 
veteran in grape culture. 
The suggested list of the newer exotic grapes has been 
added, and will be found at the end of the volume. 
When this work was first published, grape culture in the 
open air was almost unknown. A few attempts at plant- 
ing vineyards with exotic varieties had resulted disas- 
trously, and the cultivation of native varieties was, in the 
Nothern States at least, confined to city yards and 
sheltered localities. As sufficient directions for out-door 
culture are given, it 1s thought that a select list of the 
leading hardy varieties will add to the value of the work ; 
and it is given at the end of the volume. 
