Excerpt from Open Air Grape Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Garden and Vineyard Culture of the Vine The subjoined list contains all the principal works which have been consulted in the preparation of the following treatise. Having made the study of the subject a specialty, we have been at considerable pains to collect all the works relating to vine culture of which we could find any account, and although there are several important omissions in the list given below, yet it is believed that their place is tolerably well supplied by those of which titles are given. As our attention has been chiefly directed to open air culture, we have intentionally omitted some excellent English works. The French, however, possess some valuable treatises which we regret having been unable to obtain and a still greater source of regret has been that we have been unable to use the many fine works possessed by the Germans. It was suggested that this list be prefaced with a short article on the bibliography of grape culture, or at least that the peculiar features of the works mentioned be indicated. But we found ourselves incompetent to the former, and the latter would have occupied a space disproportionate to its importance in a practical treatise. It is hoped, however, that the list given will not prove useless to those who desire to extend their inquiries beyond the narrow limits of the present work, and from the assistance which we ourselves have frequently derived from similar catalogues, we feel confident that this hope is not ill founded. It may be added, in conclusion, that many works have been consulted and used of which no mention is made, simply from the remoteness of their general bearing upon the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.