in size from the Black Hamburgh. Berries varying much in form; being sometimes round, frequently flatrotund, and indented on the head with the remains of the style. A groove or channel is often observed on one side, or both, decreasing from the head downwards. Skin of a deep purple colour, inclining to black, covered with a thick blue bloom. The Flesh adheres to the skin, and though neither high flavoured nor melting, is pleasant. The leaves are variously cut, and die upon the tree of an orange hue.

The Esperione Vine is prolific to an extraordinary degree, very hardy, and of most luxuriant growth, perfecting its fruit equally well and early with the Sweetwater and Muscadine, and in unfavourable seasons has a decided advantage over these and any other hardy grape in our possession. It was purchased of Mr. Williams, of Turnham Green, in 1804, and planted by Mr. I. T. Aiton, in the royal gardens at Windsor.

18. FRANKENTHAL. Frankendale. Ib.

Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 60.

Frankenthal. Knoop. Fruct. p. 138.

Bunches tolerably large, with small handsome shoulders, a little resembling the Black Hamburgh. Berries somewhat oval, but flattened at the head, where it is much broader than at the stalk; and when fully ripe, they are indented on the sides as if by pressure between the finger and thumb. Skin deep purple, approaching to black, covered with a thin blue bloom. Flesh tender. Juice sweet and rich, and of excellent flavour.

It ripens well in the vinery, but is much higher flavoured when grown in the hothouse, where it forces well, and will bear a high degree of heat.

19. LARGE BLACK CLUSTER. Speechly, No. 35. The Berries of this are larger and more oval than those of either the old Black Cluster or the Burgundy : they are black, and not so delicate, the Juice being of a

harsh, rough taste: the leaves are of a beautiful bright scarlet in the autumn, before they fall off.

Mr. Speechly says he had this sort sent him from Lisbon, and was assured of its being the grape from which port wine is made. It does not appear, from his account of it, that it deserves to be cultivated in this country except as a wine grape.

20. MALVOISIE. Speechly, No. 21.
Blue Tokay. Ib.

La Malvoise. Bradley, No. 41.
Malmsey Grape. Ib.

Bunches about the size of those of the Black Cluster. Berries small, of a somewhat oval figure. Skin brown, covered with a blue bloom; it is thin, and the Flesh delicate. Juice rich and vinous.

Requires a vinery.

Bradley says it bears well, and though the berry is small, it is extremely rich and high-flavoured; that it ripens early, and is so full of juice that he esteems it the most melting of all grapes.

21. SAINT PETER'S. Langley, p. 115. Speechly, No. 43.

Black Grape from Palestine.

Ib. No. 44.

Saint Peter's Black. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 128. Bunches pretty large and long, very generally without shoulders. Berries pretty large, almost globular. Skin thin, of a black colour. Flesh delicate, with a very excellent and well-flavoured Juice.

The berries, when subjected to a high temperature, are very apt to crack, on which account it is not advisable to plant it in the forcing-house; but for the vinery it is a most excellent grape.

22. THE MILLER'S BURGUNDY. Pom. Mag. t. 56. Miller's Burgundy. Speechly, No. 23.

Miller Grape. Miller, No. 5.

Le Meunier. Chaptal, Tr. sur le Vigne, Vol. i. p. 169.

Morillon Jaconné. Bradley, No. 2. according to the Pom. Mag.

Bunches short and thick. Berries small, roundish, black, even-sized, and grow very close on the bunches. Skin not thick, with a fine blue bloom. Flesh tender, and filled with clear, very sweet, and high-flavoured Juice. The Seeds are two, and small.

The leaves distinguish this from almost every other sort; they are covered on both sides, especially in the spring, with a cottony wool, or hoary down, which in their young state is almost white; hence the name of the Miller's Grape.

It ripens perfectly on a south wall.

The figure in the Pom. Mag., above quoted, is a very excellent representation.

The drawing was made from a bunch produced in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, the plant of which had been obtained from the remains of an ancient vineyard at Tortworth in Gloucestershire, fifteen miles from Bristol, and was undoubtedly one of the sorts cultivated formerly in that ancient place.

SECT II.-Red or Purple Fruited.

23. CAMBRIDGE BOTANIC GARDEN GRAPE. Pom. Mag. t. 21.

Bunches from nine to ten inches long, sometimes with a rather narrow shoulder. Berries closely set, very even-sized, of a rather oval figure, deep purple, inclining to brown. Flesh firm, juicy, sweet, high-flavoured, and very pleasant. Seeds two or three in each berry. The leaves become of a bright crimson colour late in the

autumn.

It ripens very well on a south wall, upon a dry bottom; but it deserves to be planted in the vinery, where the

bunches would be larger, and the berries of a higher flavour.

This grape, although standing in a public establishment like that of the Botanic Garden at Cambridge, does not appear to have attracted any particular notice until a few years ago. It is planted against a south wall, in a department of the garden allotted principally to compost soils and empty pots; a place wholly unfrequented by visiters.

I saw it for the first time in the beginning of July, 1815, and my attention was directed to it in consequence of the forward state of its berries, which were then as large as a full-sized marrow pea. In the September following I received a bunch of it from Mr. Biggs, the curator, which corresponded fully with the one figured in the Pom. Mag. I believe it to be wholly distinct from any other grape in our gardens. How it came into the garden there I could obtain no information. 24. DAMSON GRAPE. Speechly, No. 41.

Black Damson, of some Collections.

Damask Grape. Miller, No. 14.

Bunches large, with short stiff shoulders. Berries very large, oval, with short stiff footstalks, of a beautiful purple colour, and grow very loose on the bunches. The Juice, when fully ripened, has a sort of Damson or Medlar-like flavour, which to some palates may be agreeable. The wood is very strong, and the leaves thick and succulent, more so than almost any other sort. It ripens late, and requires a hothouse. 25. GREY AUVERNAT. Miller, No. 33.

Berries middle-sized, somewhat oval, and placed thinner on the bunches than those of the Black Auvernat; they are of a pale muddy colour, inclining to brown, and contain a sweet Juice.

It ripens on the common wall, and is well adapted to the purpose of making wine.

26. GRIZZLY FRONTIGNAN.

Grizzly Frontignac. Speechly, No. 12.
Grizzly Frontinac. Langley, p. 115.
Muscat Gris. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 63.

Bunches middle-sized, with small narrow shoulders. Berries round, larger than those of the White Frontignan, and growing closer upon the bunches: they are of a pale brown colour, intermixed with red and yellow. The Juice is very rich, and possesses a high musky flavour.

Requires a hothouse.

It was introduced by Sir William Temple previously to 1654.

26.

LANGFORD'S INCOMPARABLE.

Bunches rather large, about seven inches deep, with well-formed shoulders of about the same extent. Berries of unequal sizes: the largest are oval, six eighths of an inch long, and five eighths of an inch in diameter, but rather the widest at the apex: the smaller ones are less oval, and the smallest ones nearly globular; these contain one small seed, and the larger ones two large seeds, each. Skin brown, but of a deep purple when fully ripe, and covered with a blue bloom. Flesh tender, and full of Juice, which, if well ripened, is saccharine, but without any peculiar musky flavour, somewhat resembling that of the Black Cluster. The berries set remarkably thick upon the bunches, which, if not thinned out, are apt to spoil each other.

The original plant of this fine grape is now growing against the house of Mr. William Langford, at Wilton, near Salisbury, where it appears to have been planted some years. He says he has gathered two hundred weight and a quarter of grapes from it at one time; and some

No. 26. is inserted twice, in consequence of Langford's Incomparable having been sent me after the numerical arrangement had been completed.