INTRODUCTORY REMARKS., lé 
Heat, light, and moisture are the wain re uisites; yet 
these elements are generally too sparingly administered, 
although the grape-vine requires them ail in abundance 
while growing freely. 
It would be well if all cultivators were to study more 
closely the laws by which the vegetable world is gey- 
erned; were it so there would be fewer failures. 
attached too much to set notions, and follow the blind 
of prejudice oftener than we ought; and if we 
add to this the great number of pretenders who swarm 
over the country, there is no occasion to wonder at the 
many failures. Let it not be thought that I wish to de- 
preciate the character of the skilful horticulturist, for we 
have many men who are an honor to the calling,—well 
qualified to = advice, and under whose care the grape 
vine is as well managed as in any part of Europe; but 
while wishing to do all in our power to uphold the pro- 
fession, we shor!d pS ci gad 
empiries who often deceive the unwary, waste the pro 
erty of those who employ them, and bring gi to many 
a horticultural establishment. In no department is this 
more often seenthan inthe grapery, where the weak 
growth, the ill-fed papery leaves, and spare fruit tel] a 
of : 
ilove, than it 
pete there is much skill required in the onltivalies 
of this fruit in all its bearings, there are none of those 
