VINEYARDS AND WINES, 
TIIE PRODUCE OF SPAIN AND FRANCE, AND OF OUR 
COLONIES IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 
Just published, in demy 12 mo. price 4s. boards. 
JOURNAL 
OF A RECENT 
VISIT TO THE PRINCIPAL VINEYARDS 
OF 
SPAIN AND FRANCE. 
With some remarks on the very limited quantity of the finest Wines produced 
throughout the World, and their consequent intrinsic value ; an attempt to cal- 
culate the profits of cultivating the Vine ; a Catalogue of the different varieties 
of Grape; and an estimate of the profits of Malaga Fruits; together with Ob- 
servations relative to the introduction of the Vine into New South Wales. 
By JAMES BUSBY, ESQ. 
“ The zeal and enterprise displayed by Mr. Busby in the collection of informa- 
tion on the subject of the vine, for the use and benefit of the settlers in New South 
Wales, merit the highest commendation. The welfare and improvement of the 
Colonies must ever prove a subject of strong interest to the Parent Country, and 
the associations connected with the vine-wreathed land are so delightful, that we 
rejoice at every attempt to introduce the grape in soils congenial to its cultivation. 
The prospect of adding Wine and Raisins to the products of New South Wales 
appears to be exceedingly promising, llis fellow Colonists are also indebted to him 
for very valuable information relative to the culture of the Olive.”— Court Journal. 
« We strongly recommend Mr. Rushy's excellent little woik, as the most full, ac- 
curate, and practical of any we have seen.” — Gentleman's Magazine. 
•• The quantity of brandy, and that of the worst description, that is consumed 
under the name of wine, is almost incredible. The tender will be au Jail by a 
perusal of this vciy useful and practical work. Mr. Busby has made a pilgrimage, 
and really a most satisfactory oue, among the best vineyards of the Continent, and 
has faithfully detailed what lie sow. From all that we have read, we feel convinced 
that the art of making wine is still in its infancy, and, that notwithstanding the 
inspired strains of Anacreon, the ancients must have been reduced to the necessity 
of drinking most execrable stuff, and more especially, as we find from Martial, that 
they were "breed to have recouise to resin, and other nauseous drugs, to do that 
which brandy now performs for us, in making the wines keep, and preventing an 
increased stock of vinegar. We are led to believe, from the observations in this 
valuable work, that if the Australians will call real science to their aid, and let 
chemistry go hand in hand with agriculture, they have a very fair chance of rivalling 
the productions of the old world in that immortal juice which makelh the heart glad, 
and the wretched to remember their misery no more.”— Metropolitan Mag. 
“ No praise that we can offer will go beyond the merits of this useful and in- 
teresting publication.” — The Sun. 
SMITH, ELDER AND CO., CORNHILL, LONDON. 
