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PREFATORY REMARKS. 



for the attainment of three objects : First— To increase the national wealth by superseding the 

 vast importation of adulterated wines and alcoholic mixtures. Secondly — To furnish a cheap and 

 innocent domestic beverage with the gently exhilarating qualities given to the juice of the grape 

 by the Creator, Thirdly— ThQ.t the universal adoption of a pure beverage, restorative of physical 

 and mental exhaustion, might have the same opportunity here of producing the result universal in 

 the wine-producing countries of Europe, viz., the extinction of intemperance as a national charac- 

 teristic. 



But our country was not then prepared to appreciate and adopt this important branch of 

 Agricultural Industry. 



At the Third Session of the American Pomological Society, held at Boston in 1854, Wm. R. 

 Prince introduced the following resolutions: — 



Resolved, That we appreciate the wisdom and beneficence of the Creator in placing within the 

 boundaries of our country eight distinct species and innumerable varieties of the Grape, thus pro- 

 viding means for the resuscitation of the human system by the most delicious fruits and gently 

 exhilarating beverages. 



Resolved, Tliat, while we deprecate the use of all alcoholic liquids and of the adulterated 

 wines which are poured upon our shores from the Eastern hemisphere, we cannot refrain from 

 urging upon Americans the general culture of the Grape, and the formation of extensive vineyards, 

 in order thereby to diminish importations, increase the national wealth, and, above all, to furnish 

 an ample supply of pure American Wines as the most sovereign preventive of Intemperance. 



Priced Catalogues, which are sent to purchasers of Trees, and to applicants who enclose 

 stamps: — Ifo. 1, Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Plants. No. 2, 

 Roses, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Phlox, Iris, Double Sweet Williams, and all other Herbaceous 

 Flowering Plants, tfec. No, 3, Extra large Fruit Trees, Evergreens, and other Ornamental Trees and 

 Shrubs, suitable for immediate fruit-bearing and embellishment. No. 4, Wholesale Catalogue for 

 Nurseries and Dealers, comprising Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Plants, Bulbous Flower Roots, Stocks for 

 Engrafting, Pa^onies, Dahlias, tkc. No. 5, Wholesale Catalogue of Vegetable, Agricultural, and 

 Flower Seeds, and Tree and Shrub Seeds, &c. No. 6, Descriptive Catalogue of our Uni'ivalled 

 Collection of 140 Select Varieties of Strawberries, with a Rejected List, and Directions for Cul- 

 ture. No, 1 , Rare American Trees, Plants, and Seeds, suitable for sending to Europe. No. 9, 

 Catalogue of Bulbous Flowers of every Class, together with Tree and Herbaceous Preonies, Dahlias, 

 and other Rare Flowering Plants. No. 11, Directions for Culture of the Chinese Potato or Dios- 

 coREA Batatas. No. 13, Catalogue of Greenhouse Plants. No. 14, Descriptive Catalogue of Native 

 and Foreign Grapes. No. 16, General Priced List of Fruit Trees, Grapes, Raspberries, Blackber- 

 ries, Gooseberries, Currants, and other small Fruits; Rhubarb and other Esculents, wiAh Reduced 

 Prices. Books. — Prince's Treatise on the Vine, with Descriptions of Native and Foreign Grapes, 

 and Vineyard Culture (new Edition to be issued), $1. Treatiseon Fruits, containing Descriptions of 

 800 varieties of Fruits, $1 50 ; Prince's Manual of Roses, comprising Descriptions of 1,00<) varieties, 

 new edition, 75 cents. 



