November 2, 1878. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



383 



28 



Dake of Edinburgh 



39. Mdlle. Mario Rady 



27 



Dote of "Wellington 



40. Marquise de Castellane 



28 



E. Herger 



41. Mons. Noman 



29 



Etienne Levet 



43. Paulioe Talahot 



30 



FiBher Holmes 



43. Pierre Netting 



31 



John Hopper 



44. Rev. J. B. M. Camni 



32 



La Duchesso de Horny 



45. Reynolds Hole 



33 



La Franco 



46. Senateur Vaisse 



34 



La Rosiere 



47. Thos. Mills 



35 



Madame G. Sohwartz 



48. Xavier Olibo 



36 



Madame Lacharme 



49. Comtesse de Nada'.llac 



37 



Mdlle. Mario Cointefc 



50. Marie Van. Houtte 



-3<. 



Marguerite de Ss. Amand 







Mr. W. Rumsey 



Waltham Cross, N. 



1. 



Abel Grand 



26. Eliea Bce'llo 



-2. 



Alfred Colomb 



27. Ferdinand de L*s3eps 



3. 



Baronne de Rothsobild 



28. Fisher HoIme3 



4. 



Conn tees of Oxford 



29. Hippolyte Jamain 



5. 



Date of Edinburgh 



80. John Stuart Mill 



►6. 



Edward Morren 



SI. La Franco 



7. 



Enitlie Hausburg 



82. Leopold Premiero 



8. 



Etienne Levet 



33. Madame Boutou 



9. 



Francois Michelon 



3'. Madame Scipion Cochet 



10. 



John Hopper 



35. Mdlle. Annie Wood 



11. 



La Rosiere 



S6. Mdlle. Marie Rady 



12. 



Louis Van Houtte 



37. Marquise de Castellaue 



13. 



Madame Victor Verdier 



S8. PaulNeron 



JL4. 



Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier 



39. Pierre Notting 



15. 



Marie Baumann 



40. Princess Beatrice'. 



16. 



Senateur Vaisee 



41. Madame Falcot 



17. 



Souvenir de la Malmaison 



42. Rev. J. B. M. Camm 



18. 



Alba R ">eea 



43- Souvenir d'un Ami 



19. 



Gloire de Dijon 



41. Souvenir de Spa 



20. 



Hareohal Kiel 



45. Star of Waltham 



46. Thomas Mills 



47. Savier Olibo 



21. 



Autoine Mouton 



-22. 



Capitaine Christy 



48. Celina Forestier 



23. 



Charles Lofebvre 



49. Che shunt Hybrid 



:24. 



Comtease do Serenyi 



50. Devoniensis 



25. 



Dr. An dry 







Mi-. Chajiles 



Tuener, Slough. 



1. 



Miss Hansard 



26. Capitaine Christy 



2. 



Rev. J. B. M. Canim 



27. Comtesse d'Oxford 



8. 



Mrs. Baker 



28. Dake of Edinburgh 



4. 



Alfred Colomb 



29. Ferdinand de Lessep3 



5. 



Charles Lefcbvre 



30. Jnles Margottin 



6. 



Devoniensis 



81. Le Havre 



7. 



Etienne Levet 



32. Louis Van Houtte 



S. 



Francois Michelon 



33. Madame Falcot 



9. 



Gloire do Dijon 



31. Madame H. Jamiin 



ao. 



John Hopper 



85. Madame Lacharme 



ai. 



La France 



36. Madame Willermoz 



12. 



Baronne de Rothschild 



37. Mdlle. Therese Levet 



18. 



Marechal Niel 



88. Marguerite de St. Amand 



14. 



Madame Victor Verdier 



89. Niphetos 



15. 



Marie Baumann 



40. Maurice Bernardin 



16. 



Marquise de Castellane 



41. Prince Camille de Rohan 



17. 



Senateur Vaisse 



42. Princess Beatrice 



18. 



Savier Olibo 



43. Souvenir de la Malmaison 



19. 



Catherine Mermet 



44. Mdlle. Bonnaira 



-20. 



Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier 



45. Star of Waltham 

 • 43. Belle Lyonnaise 



21. 



Royal Standard 



47. Annie Laxton 



-22. 



Oxonian 



48. Edward Morren 



23. 



Marie Gaillot 



49. Jean Dnoher 



24. 



Perle des Jardins 



50. Horace Vernet 



-25. 



Camille Bernardia 







Mr, James Walters, M junt Radford Nursery, Exeter. 



1. 



Alfred Colomb 



26. Comtesse de Serenyi 



2. 



Charles Lefebvre 



27. Duke of Edinburgh 



8. 



Dr. Andry 



23. Duke of Wellingron 



4. 



Etienne Levet 



29. Fisher Holmes 



5. 



Ferdinaud de Lessepa 



30. General Jacqueminot 



6. 



John Hopper 



31. Francois Michelon 



7. 



La France 



82. Lord Macaulay 



8. 



Louis Van Houtte 



33. Madame Charles Wood 



9. 



Baronne de Rothschild 



84. Malame Vidot 



10. 



Madame Victor Verdier 



35. Mdlle. Boanaire 



11. 



Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier 



36. Mdlle. Marie Cointet 



12. 



Marie Baumann 



37. Mdlle. Marie Rady 



13. 



Marguerite de St. Amand 



38. Maurice Bernardin 



14. 



Marquise de Castellaue 



39. Monsieur Noman 



15. 



Prince Camille de Rohan 



40. Paul Neron 



16. 



Savier Olibo 



41. Pierre Noting 



17. 



Devoniensis 



42. Senateur Vaisse 



18. 



Gloire de Dijon 



43. Victor Verdier 



19. 



Marechal Kiel 



44. Souvenir de la Malmaison 



20. 



Souvenir d'un Am: 



45. Souvenir d'Elise 



46. Triomphe de Rennes 







21. 



Abel Grand 



47- Catherine Mermet 



22. 



Antoine Dneher 



48. Madame Willermoz 



23. 



Boule de Neige 



49. Marie Van Hontte 



24. 



Camille Bernardin 



5l>. Niphetos 



25. 



Comtesse d'Oxford 





Mr. J. Wheeler, Warminster. 



1. Alfred Colomb 8. Louis Van Houtte 



2. Charles Lofebvre 9. Marguerite de St. Amand 

 S. Comtesse d'Oxford 10. Baronne de R'.thsehild 



4. Edward Morren 11. Marie Baumann 



5. Exposition deBrie 12. Marquise de Castellane 



6. Horace Vernet 13. Heine da Midi 



7. La France 14. Rev. J. B. M. Camm 



15. Thomas Mills 



16. Catherioe Mermet 



17. Souvenir d'Elise 



18. Souvenir d'un Ami 



19. Marechal Niel 



20. Madame FUlion 



21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 

 28. 

 29. 

 SO. 

 31. 



Antoine Mouton 

 Andre Dnrand 

 Baron de Bonstetten 

 Beauty of Waltham 

 Camille Bernardin 

 Capitaine Christy 

 Dupuy Jamain 

 Duchesse d'Orleane 

 Duchess of Edinburgh 

 Emilie H*u3bnrg 

 Etienne Levet 

 Felix Genero 



33. Ferdinand de Lesseps 

 84. Fraucois Michelon 

 35. Felicien David 

 35. Gloire de Vitry 



57. Hippolyte Jamain 



58. Madame Moreau 



39. Madame Lacharme 



40. Madame Victor Verdier 



41. MonBieur Claude Levet 

 4'2. Devoniensis 



43. Gloire de Dijon 



44. Perle des Jardins 



45. Perle de Lyon 



4*3. Triomphe de Rennes 



47. Madame Caillat 



48 Mdlle. Marie Finger 



49. Madame Charles Crapelet 



50. Pierre Notting 



GATHERING THE CHAMPAGNE GRAPES. 



Withijj an easy distance of the town of Rhsims, and con- 

 nected with it by a convenient railway, will be found the various 

 localities which yield the Grapes from whioh the popular wine 

 oalled champagne is made. Covering all the hills and scattered 

 about the plaias, occupying every square foot of available space, 

 the Vine steadily asserts itself, and, despite the monotonous 

 regularity of the rows, the straightness of the intersecting 

 avenues, and the millions of light grey short sticks to which the 

 Vines are attached, it would be unjust to deny the existence 

 of a certain pioturesque effect. The gentle undulation o the 

 soil about Reims considerably favours the growth of the Grape. 

 All the Vine gardens obtain the full force of the sun, and it 

 may be safely said that they obtain a maximum of heat and a 

 minimum of shadow. The land in France is so very valuable, 

 and the system of peasant proprietorship is bo usually followed, 

 that we find in the neighbourhood of Rheims a general and 

 equal division of space. 



It is commonly but erroneously supposed that each par- 

 ticular brand of ohampagne is made from the Grapes grown 

 on one vineyard, and, further, that every proprietor makes his 

 wine from his or her own ground. ThiB is by no manner of 

 means the case. The Clicqnots, the Moets, the MummB, the 

 Roederers, the Goulets, and the Pommerys all have special 

 tracts, and naturally employ their own Grapes ; but at vintage 

 time it is necessary to buy liberally from the humbler growers 

 in order to meet the demauds of their gigantic establishments. 

 There is another reason why thsre should be a mutual exchange 

 of the champagne fruit. This popular wine only obtains its 

 perfection by a careful, artistic, and judioious mixture of juices 

 obtained from first-class vineyards. It is said that among 

 these Ay i3 renowned for the sweetness of the Grapes ; Cramant 

 for its sparkling properties ; Verzenay for bouquet ; and Bouzy 

 for forco or vinositt. Doctors diffar on the subject of these 

 mixtures. Some manufacturers insist upon carefully divided 

 proportions of Sillery, Verzenay, and Bouzy ; of Hareuil, Ay, 

 and Dizy; and Pierry, Cramant, Avizi, and Mesnil; whilst 

 others content themselves with Ay, Pierry, and Cramant. Be 

 this as it may, the true art of champagne-making is in the. 

 mixture of the various qualities wheu the fermentation of the 

 wine in cask is complete about Christmas time. It requires a 

 careful inteligence to buy judiciously at the time of the ven- 

 danges, r,nd to prophesy correctly concerning the ultimata value 

 of tho perfected Grape; but the great art is when the propor- 

 tions of fermented juice are poured into the huge mixing vat 

 in the cool cellars of the manufactory. 



I was struck with the cleanliness, decorum, aud cheerful 

 character of all employed on the various vineyards I have 

 visited. There was no noise or disturbance anywhere, and 

 wherever I found the labourers, hard at work among the Vines, 

 dressing the Grapes for the press, or returning from their work, 

 there was the same order, civility, and frequent merrimsnt. 

 The adjacent towns, villages, farms, and barns fairly accommo- 

 date this influx of visitors, and, so far as I could see, there 

 were no signs whatever of drunkenness or disorder. The pickers 

 are summoned by beat of drum at daybreak each morning in 

 the market-place of the villages adjacent to the vineyards, 

 and then and there a price is made for the day's labour. This 

 varies according to the work required to be done and the speed 

 with which it is necessary to accomplish it. The bargain 

 struck, away go men, women, and children into the vineyard, 

 each provided with a small basket and a pocket knife, curved 

 like a reaping hook. They are divided into gangs, each 

 headed by an overseer, and as the small hand baskets are 

 filled they are carried to the end of the row, where specially 

 selected hands are employed in what is called dressing the. 



