OF THE 
CULTURE 
OF THE 
VINE, OR GRAPE TREE. 
BOOK I. 
T here are feveral fpecies of the Vine, but I fhall only 
take notice of the principal fort, (Vitis Vinifera) 
which is fo highly and juftly efteemed for its mod: 
excellent and valuable fruit*. Of this there are a numerous 
A variety, 
»VITIS VINE. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Calyx. Perianthium five-toothed, fmall. 
Corolla. Petals five, fimple, fmall, foon falling oft'. 
Stamina. Filaments five, awl-ftiaped, and fomewhat fpreading, falling off; 
Anthera fimple. 
PiSTiLLUM. Germen egg-ihzpei i Style none ; blunt-headed. 
Pericarpium. Berry roundifti, large, of one cell. 
Semina. Seeds five, boney, heart and fomewhat top-fliaped j contrafted at the 
edge, nearly two-celled. 
ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 
cohering at the bafe, withering, five-feeded. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Vinifera. Vine wine-yielding. 
V . Leaves lobed, finuous, naked. Tendrils oppofite to the leaves, bearing tht fruit 
and flowers in clufters. 
A native of the temperate climates in the four parts of the world. 
The Vine, according to the Sexual Syftem of Botany, belongs to the clafs and 
order Pentandria Monogynia, the flowers having five ftamina and one ftyle. 
