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are so at variance that I shall give in the subsidiary note * my 
reasons for so placing them. I am familiar with the views of 
many of the leading grape-growers of the country, and have had 
an opportunity of studying the genus by the excellent herbarium 
*CLASSIFICATION OF TH . GRAPE-VINES.— In few genera : Aing s is it more 
nec essary “a accumulate ate material in order to arrive at correct classification 
tha the io. Vitis. The species are with difficulty deined, as they vary in a 
rked manner in different sections of the country; and the foliage of the same indi- 
vidual vine ftoi varies greatly at different ages and seasons. naiak ed leaves are 
id , from 
the wood to the different leaves, the blossom, bunch, hes and te th e Lov which 
he (or 
to Dr. Engelmann, some of the most permanent distinguishing traits between the 
It is interesting to know that not a single real species has been added to those hanes 
ing to the old territory of the United States, east of the Mississippi river, since the tim 
of Linneus and Michaux; though a Bis kopriet and perhaps others, ada 
— = =e eee a great many m 
The n tible fruit t,* now considered specie es by the best 
botanists i in n the tart kory of the United States, is limited to 9. They may be tabulated 
as follow 
I. VINES WHICH ARE OF PRA Pian „Copano AS HAVING YIELDED OUR 
DIFFERENT ETAD VARIE 
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Pabi Linn. Southern Fox, or ‘Muscadine: 
I. VINES oF acd OF OEO, AND WHICH HAVE THUS FAR GIVEN NO CULTI- 
ci VARI 
ole eee Michx. Winter or Frost Grape. 
Catifornica Benth. Confined to California. 
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6. 
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4 t C Mustang Gra 
Rupestris Scheele. ‘Bush i or Sand Grape. 
aee 9 species only 4 grow wild in our own state, viz; æstivalis, cordifolia, riparia, 
$ stating last year (8rd. Rep. p. 90) that our cultivated varieties had been re 
pati r Prios ncluding cordifolia and omitting riparia, I fol rowel the later editions, 
*ay’s Manual, in which the latter is considered as a variety of the former. 
has been k adopting a different course will be found in Ak following synopsis which 
kindly prepared for me by the author. 
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THE TRUE GRAPE-VINES OF THE OLD UNITED STATES. 
BY DR. GEORGE ENGELMANN OF ST. LOUIS. 
l. GRAPE- 
BY Mon AID 0: “VINES WITH LOOSE BARK (AT LAST SEPARATING IN SHREDS), CLIMBING 
ai : F BRANCHED TENDRILS, OR (IN NO. 4) SCARCEL Y CLIMBING AT ALL. 
Berries smait, small, 3—6 or rarely 7 lines in diameter; seeds obtuse, with the a 4 or cord) 
more or less pr Prominent (except in No. 4) over the top. All the species of this group, 
gia wee ee a a aA 
Species forming the sections (or, according to others, genera) 
rt Which are sh classed w ith Vitis ; De they bear no edible 
erwise easily distinguished from the true grape- 
