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APPENDIX. 



CATALOGUE SECOND. 



Spanish Varieties. — The first seven numbers are 

 those cultivated in the vineyards in the neighbourhood 

 of Xeres de la Frontera, producing Sherry wines. Al- 

 though the bundles of each variety were tied up sepa- 

 rately, unfortunately no tickets were at'tached to identify 

 them. It is hoped, however, that the following very full 

 descriptions, which are taken for that purpose, from the 

 work of Simon Roxas Clemente, will make this no diffi- 

 cult task after they have borne fruit ; and they will serve, 

 at the same time, as specimens of a mode of description 

 which may perhaps be turned to future advantage*. 



No. 1. Pedro Ximenes. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Stock, large ; bark, adhering loosely. 



Branches, rather numerous, of middling length, or rather 



short ; thickness, middling. 

 Colour, reddish grey, soft, the distance between the 



knots, middling. 

 Secondary Branches, abundant, with enough of dwarf 



bunches {Grapillons), 

 Buds, large, very pointed. 



Leaves, of middling size, sometimes rather small, rather 

 irregular, slightly lobed, downy on the underside, 

 smooth above, slightly attached, edges indented, 

 with rather short indentations, the footstalk is almost 



* In the work of Simon Roxas Clemente, upon the varieties of vines 

 cultivated in Andalusia, there are similar descriptions of 120 varieties. 



