DEDICATION. 
T O 
His Grace the DUKE of P O R T L A N 
5;c. See, See, 
My Lord, 
I Have the greatefl; fatisfadion in the honour of 
being permitted to give the Public this Treatife 
on the Culture of the Vine under your Grace’s pa- 
tronage, as it affords me an opportunity of acknow- 
ledging the very great affiftance I have conftantly 
received from your Grace in the progrefs of this 
work. 
The various modes of cultivating the Vine, and 
bringing its fruit to the highefl degree of perfection 
that this climate will admit of, has long been one of 
the hrf^ objects of my attention ; and I with gratitude 
repeat my obligations to your Grace, for the fu pport 
and encouragement you have given the endeavours 
I have exerted in the purfuit of this ftudy. 
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