THE 
AMERICAN FLOWER-GARDEN 
DIRECTORY. 
ON THE CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 
We are not aware of any vegetable production that is 
more conducive to the luxurious gratifications and pleasures 
of man than the vine. In fact, there is no fruit so delicious, 
applicable to so many purposes, nor any that is so agreeable 
to all palates : from the remotest ages the vine has been cele- 
brated as the emblem of plenty and the " symbol of happi- 
ness." Its cpuickness of growth, its great fertility, and 
astonishing vegetative powers, with its unknown age, has ren- 
dered it one of the most fruitful blessings bestowed by 
Providence ; a blessing which almost every inhabitant of this 
Union may enjoy, and we see no occasion to doubt but that 
thousands of acres of our fertile uplands will be converted 
into vineyards, producing the finest fruits and richest wines 
in the world. Indeed, with very little care and attention, 
our unsightly post and rail-fences may be converted into 
grape espaliers, and fine wines produced at as little cost as 
spruce beer; every square foot of surface might be made to 
produce a pound of grapes, and every post, at least, round 
our gardens afford ample space for one vine, which would 
yearly produce from three to nine pounds of fruit, fit either 
for the table or the wine-press. But the small space allotted 
in this volume will not allow us to dilate on this fruitful 
subject. Our object is to give a few hints on the aspect, 
