count the sands on the shore, or the billows of the ocean in a storm as to make a catalogue of them. We were much disappointed in our expectations of the Grapes on the Continent in general, which for flavour do not exceed ours, nor do they equal in excellence the Grapės produced in our hothouses. In the long tracts of vineyards in Burgundy the Grapes were small, and resembled the larger sort of our black cluster Grapes. On the Rhine there were some excellent Grapes, as there were also in Switzerland. The Grapes of Portugal and Spain are good in general, but their skins are coarse, and those sent to this country are spoiled in coming in the large jars full of sawdust. Italy and the South of France certainly produce excellent Grapes. The following will be found a good choice of Vines for a small garden : The White Muscadine, the White Sweet Water, the Black Sweet Water, the Large Black Cluster, the Small Black Cluster, the Miller Grape, the St. Peters, and the Black Hamburgh. The following tabular view of the different Vines, with the description of the Grapes of each, may amuse those who desire to have a more extensive knowledge of this fruit : There are numberless other Vines in the South of Europe which we have not noticed, and the ancient writers enumerate many that we cannot now distinctly recognize. The improvements in Vines continue to proceed, and the modern Horticultural Societies have added a few excellent new ones. Several Observations on Wine.-When we transplant Vines into another soil the quality of the juice soon changes, and this is sooner observed in the wine than in the ripe juice. red Constantia Wine V. white Constantia Wine V. red v. white w. v. h. black Jh. v. b. v. h. v. h. v. h. v. h. v. black h. v. Again, different Vines brought into the same soil and climate preserve their differences somewhat modified, so that there is a compound cause of the peculiarities of wine:-1st, sort of grape; 2d, soil it grows on; 3d, climate; 4th, mode of manufacturing. Various mixed sorts of wines are made by transporting the Vines to different soils. On training Vines.-Vines in Italy are still trained up trees, particularly the Elm, or are pruned upon long poles, or hang in festoons about avenues and virandas. In France vineyards have very short poles, not half the height of our hop poles. In training Vines on walls the curved and horizontal mode should always be adopted; the reverse of this practice is often resorted to in Britain and France, and the Vines where it is so used never bear well. We subjoin the following from an interesting writer of our day : 66 In this month Nature continues to pour out all her autumnal fruitery' from her Amalthaean horn, and to present ungrateful man with a store of the most delicious fruits Plums, round, and of blooming hue' — ' Apples'-glossy Nuts' - and Wood berries, That blush in scarlet ripeness through the dew. The Vine her curling tendrils shoots, golden "The Persian vinedressers do all in their power to make the Vine run up the wall, and curl over on the other side, which they do by tying stones to the extremity of the tendril. May not this illustrate that beautiful passage used in Genesis xlix. 22? Joseph is a fruitful bough; even a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches run over the wall. The Vine, particularly in Turkey and Greece, is frequently made to entwine on trellises around a well, where in the heat of the day whole families collect themselves, and sit under the shade."-Morier. See T. T. September 4. St. Ida. St. Rosalia. St. Rosa Virgin. St. Ultan Bishop. SS. Marcellus and Vallerian Martyrs. Translation of St. Cuthbert. FLORA.-Fungi now abound, and to rise and go abroad to gather Mushrooms at an early hour in the morning is the occupation of many of the village children. "The Fungi or Mushroom tribe are very numerous, and of singular construction: their various species abounding at this season offer to the naturalist a wide scope for observation; they attract the notice of every one; even children admire them, and they afford to the philosopher a subject of interesting speculation. They constitute the first link in the great chain of vegetable life, which connects organized bodies with inorganic matter. It is now that Mushrooms have organs appropriated for the production of seed, and, like all other vegetables, are capable of being raised from this, and of perpetuating their race by the production of a very numerous progeny. Their seeds are so light as to be easily dispersed by the air. The Fungi take possession of every kind of decaying matter: the dry rot of our ships of war is caused by them, or rather ships are converted into a coriaceous or leathery fungus." The Fairy Rings in fields, at first sight so wonderful and unaccountable, are produced by the growth of Fungi in a circle. These Fungi exhibit some of the finest colours in the vegetable kingdom: no artist can do justice to some of their brilliant hues, many of them rivalling the Rose and the Lily in symmetry and splendour. The Russians eat many Fungi which are deemed poisonous in England. The Truffle, the Morel, and the Mushroom, most celebrated in Katsup, are known to all lovers of savoury dishes, and agreeable stimulants. The Boleti, the Puff Balls, the blight and smut of wheat, the tinging matter of the celebrated Northern Red Snow, all belong to this interesting class of vegetables. Many curious inquiries respecting Fairy Rings will be found in the Gentleman's Magazine. Vide Index to that work. FAUNA. Herrings begin now to pay their annual visit to England, and afford a large profit to the inhabitants of its coasts. Various of the feathered tribe now recommence their music for the Autumn : The Thrush, the Blackbird, and the Woodlark now, Among the few insects that appear in this month are the Phalaena Russula, and the Saffron Butterfly Papilio Hyale. The Snake sloughs, or casts it skin. COELUM. In order to enable the reader to calculate the chances of temperature for each month of the year, we insert |