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 found in most wine countries, where the temperature is sufficiently high, and the wines made from its produce are universally esteemed; and there are varieties of grapes, which may be traced through the finest vineyards for their excellence, while others are only found where the wines are of no reputation.

While, then, there is no certainty of obtaining the same qualities in a vine after its transplantation, there is still sufficient probability of its not degenerating, to make the trial well worth while; and, while it is of great importance to obtain valuable varieties, it is perhaps still more important, to obtain with them, a knowledge of the circumstances in which they were valuable. By assimilating to these, as much as possible, the circumstances of their new situation, the excellencies of many may be retained, while others may acquire characters for which they were not formerly distinguished; and varieties may arise, capable of producing a wine different in its character from any hitherto made, and as much distinguished for excellence as for novelty.

But these observations only apply to the propagation of the plant, by layers, cuttings, or buds, for it appears evident to me, that the extreme longevity of the vine, and the discovery of various methods of lengthening the periods of its exist-