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of cases to contain them, I proceeded to the garden yes- 

 terday morning, and found that the man had already com- 

 menced to take off the cuttings. On examining those he 

 had taken, however, I immediately saw the necessity of 

 making the choice for myself, and I have accordingly 

 been engaged all yesterday and to-day in choosing the 

 cuttings. This evening, by the assistance of a second 

 man, who dressed the cuttings as they were taken off, 

 we had finished this part of the task, and commenced 

 attaching the numbers. 



Mondai/, 28th. — This day, at an early hour, I pro- 

 ceeded to the garden, expecting to have all the vines 

 numbered and packed before the evening. In this, how- 

 ever I was disappointed. While the workmen were at 

 dinner I spent an hour with the Professor, who shewed 

 me his Herbarium, which appeared to me very extensive. 

 Among others he opened out some New Holland plants, 

 which had been collected by Laballardiere, the Botanist, 

 who accompanied D'Entrecasteaux in his voyage. In 

 reply to my enquiries respecting the history of the vines, 

 the object to me of greatest i nterest, he informed me, that 

 about 12 or 15 years ago, when Messrs. Chaptal and 

 Bosc had formed the gardens of the Chartreuse, adjoining 

 the gardens of the Luxemburg, into an experimental 

 garden, specimens of the different varieties were also sent 

 to the Botanic Garden of Montpelier, but many of these 

 never succeeded. He told me that he had found it very 

 difficult to obtain from the chief gardener at Paris the dif- 

 ferent varieties which he required to fill up the vacancies 

 occasioned by those which had failed; they always sent 

 chasselaSi cliasselas, chasselas, though under different 

 names. A great part of the collection had therefore been 

 brought together by the Professor himself. Mr. Delisle 



