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h&V'd to remedy, -which we partially do. I manure alto- 

 gether ftith bones (whole), shells, and palmetto roots, all 

 deposited in the ground when the vine is planted ; they 

 v.'iil last, I believe, twenty to thirty years. The latter ar- 

 ticle contains a great deal of potash, and it affords a fine 

 mannre, thongh of course not so durable as the former. 

 Animal matter I never use, unless decomposed, in which 

 state it is very superior. There is no substance, however, 

 eqnal to bones, and the larger and fresher the better, as 

 they afford, by their gviulual decomposition, the very 

 richest and most suitable manure for the vine. If, how- 

 ever, wine and not table fruit is the object, vegetable 

 manures should be used to the exclusion of bones and 

 other animal matter, and this for obvious reasons. 



"Allow me to say that I have derived much satisfac- 

 tion in reading your work on the grape. The arrange- 

 ment and your own remarks on the views of other wri- 

 ters are most judicious." 



'• I have, I believe, all the publications on the subject 

 extant, and thinking, as I do, that it is superior to any of 

 them, have recommended it to many of my friends." 



" QdiNCT, Florida, Decewher 22, 1852. 



"Tours of the 5th instant has just been received, and 

 I reply without delay : The severe gale of 1851 de- 

 stroyed my vineyard in Apalachicola. Being located 

 some 150 yards from the bay, the water swept away my 

 dwelling, and killed iiiany of my most valuable vines. 



" The remnant I brought with me to this place, where 

 I removed last January. I had some 600 vines, out of 

 which I have saved 20 or 30. The cuttings you sent me 



