An address before the American Horticultural Society at New Orleans, by E. Williams, of Montclair, N. J.

Our readers must not confound this with the American Pomological Society, though the titles are similar. This essay is one of the many useful papers that will appear in the forthcoming volume. Mr. W. H. Ragan, of Greencastle, Indiana, is the Secretary.

This essay of Mr. Williams is profusely illustrated and is made up from the actual experience of the writer. It is in marked contrast with the contents of many regular books on the vine, in which the "systems" taught, never get, in this country, beyond the book illustrations, nor, for that matter, in the old world, either. We are quite sure that of the pictures of vine training and pruning, as usually seen in standard books on grape culture, scarcely once in a lifetime, if ever, has the oldest of us ever seen the like thereof in the whole world. At any rate, American grape culture, as we have it in our day has had very little aid from European experiences, and is an outgrowth of American culture and successes. Mr. Williams' essay is just in this line, and on this account will be very welcome to American vine culturists.