We give with this an illustration of a city yard grape vine, as grown by Mr. Lorin Blodget. We append the note of a friend who paid a recent visit to the vine : "My visit to Mr. Blod-get's remarkable grape vine, in his company, was a very pleasant one of some two hours. 1 performed feats of climbing from the ground on ladders, dropping from back windows of fourth story to back roofs of third story, thence to lower depths on other ladders, holding the while one end of a 100-foot tape line; Mr. B. holding the other. We recorded observations at altitudes and inclinations from the center of gravity that caused some trepidation to my unaccustomed head, but which seemed quite an every-day affair to Mr. B. and his little son, who climb like cat and kitten.

1 called out the measure- ments of the tape, and they are entirely within the memoranda Mr. Blodget records of that occasion. The vine did not suffer in the least in vigor __at its extreme ends - from its long journey to all points of the compass; but was strong-growing, equally matured in every part, and made - almost to an inch - an equal growth in each direction the same season. The abundant fruit, from whatever part of the vine taken, bore the same testimony of uniform vigor. Sight, smell and taste - the genii of that occasion - have left with me a picture of strong individuality. The artist had orders to draw the house and vine in perspective, but he has only given a flat view of the end of arbor from the east. He has failed entirely to show the north view of the vine climbing to the roof, with an east and west extension of nearly 100 feet, and left out the house altogether. There was no time to make a new cut. So the reader must derive his impression from Mr. Blodget's account in Oc-number, page 304.