Stem, climbing, lofty. Leaves, rounded, heart-shaped, sublobately-angled; sometimes distinctly three or five-lobed, with rounded sinuses; acuminate, irregularly-toothed, or serrate, with the teeth mucronate; alternate ones often smaller. Above, smooth, or somewhat arachnoid (cobwebby), especially in their younger state; beneath, more or less downy, with loose, cobwebby hairs, either horny or fuscous (sometimes sub-glabrous); the youngest ones always more densely villous; old leaves generally smoothest; green above. Fertile panicles, compound, oblong. Blossoms, open after those of Vitis labrusca, and before those of V. rotundifolia. Berries, small, one-fourth to a little over one-half inch in. diameter; round, rather closely set; commonly black or dark purple, with a bloom; generally pleasant. Varieties of this species display unusual diversity of leaf; but the cobwebby, instead of woolly or velvety down of the young leaves and shoots, their general likeness to each other in the form and compactness of the bunch, the usual freedom of the berry from muskiuess and pulp, and its smaller size, generally render it easy to refer them to Vitis Aestivalis. It already affords varieties which, if inferior in size of berry, are superior in flavor and excellence, more worthy of cultivation for table use, and quite as much so for wine as those derived from Vitis labrusca.

It is also the most promising source from which to seek superior new varieties from seed. The wild species is called the "Summer Grape." The cultivated varieties are as follows: First, those usually three or five-lobed: -

1. Devereaux

The only specimens we have seen were from Peters, Harnden & Co., of Atlanta, from which, and from three small vires set out this season, our description is derived, aided by notes from Dr. Baldwin, of Montgomery, Ala. it was found in the woods, over forty years since, by Samuel M. Devereaux, and first cultivated by himself and his neighbors, near Sparta, in this State. As Devereaux kept the stage-house, passengers soon disseminated it, being struck with the wonderful productiveness of the vine. It seems quite distinct in foliage. Younger leaves, sub-three-lobed, older ones distinctly lobed. The young leaves and shoots are light green (not brownish, as in the Warren). Leaves, moderately downy, distinctly arachnoid, hoary instead of fuscous. Bunches, quite long (those sent over nine inches), very much shouldered, compact. Berries, small. Skin, thin, black, covered with blue bloom. Flesh, free from pulp, and abounding.in juice, of a color as darkly red as that of the pokeberry, of a brisk and excellent flavor.

Quality, "very good." A prodigious bearer; hence, like the Warren, considerably liable to rot. (This is not the Devereaux of " Gardening for the South," which is the true Lenoir.) Ripens about the middle of August. The color of the juice is deeper than that of any other grape we know.

2. Ohio

Leaves, large, three-losed, deeply out; young shoots, tendrils, and leaves, green, with no shade of red in them; somewhat hoary beneath. Shoots, long-jointed, strong. Bunches, shouldered, large, long, loose, tapering. Berries, small, round. Skin, thin, dark purple, with a blue bloom, without pulp, tender, melting, and sweet. "Very good," but, like the next, too small a fruit to be very desirable. Ripens just before the Warren. Origin, unknown. Fruit, from Richard Peters, Esq., Atlanta.

3. Elsinburgh

It takes its name from a town near which it was found, in New Jersey. Mature leaf, dark green, five-lobed, deeply out, but perhaps less to than the Warren. Leaf stalks and tendrils, more red than usual. Terminal leaves, brownish, with but little cobwebby down beneath, and none above. Nerves of older leaves, considerably downy. Bunches, shouldered, rather large, loose. Berries, quite small. Skin, thin, black, with a blue bloom; free from pulp, melting, sweet, and pleasant. Ripens nearly as early as Lenoir; distinguished from the I Ohio by being not quite as good, by the leaves being five instead of three-lobed, I and by the brownish shade of the young shoots, leaves, and tendrils, which, in the Ohio, are green. Fruit, from Dr. Ward.

4. Camaks

This vine (evidently a native) was one of those in the garden of James Camak, Esq., at his decease, some tea years since, resembling considerably the Warren, and being somewhat shaded and overgrown. Its distinct character, until the present season, was unrecognized. Its origin being unknown, we have named it after the energetic pioneer in horticulture in whose collection it was found. Leaves, three or five-lobed, deeply cut. Bunches, shouldered, long (seven to nine inches), loose, tapering. Berries, rather small (three-eighths to one-half inch in diameter), round. Skin, thin, light brownish-red, with a light bloom. Flesh, tender, melting, free from pulp, very sweet, and excellent Quality, " best." Differs from Warren not only in the color of the berry (which is very much lighter), but in ripening more evenly, and in the general shape and character of the bunch, on which the berries are so loosely arranged that they will probably not be liable to rot. The vine, too, is evidently less rampant in growth.

Fruit, from Dr. Jas. Camak.

5. Warren (Warrenton, Herbemont's Madeira)

It is pretty well established that this vine was first cultivated by Mr. Neal, a farmer of Warren County, of this State, living four miles from Warrenton, at least as early as the year 1800. In the early settlement of the county, he found the vine in the woods near his new residence, and transplanted it. Its productiveness and unequalled flavor attracted attention, and soon it became cultivated in Warrenton, and under the name of Warren and Warrenton, soon spread over the States, where it is now more cultivated than any other grape. In 1805, the late Prof. J. Jackson (formerly of Athens) found it growing under the name of Warrenton (from whence the cuttings were procured), at the farm of a Mr. McWhatty, in Jefferson County; and when he settled near him, Mr. J. procured cuttings from Mr. McWhatty's vine, and commenced its cultivation himself. In 1811 or 1812, Mr. Jackson carried cuttings to a relative in Laurens County, where the well known vine grower, Mr. T. McCall, of Dublin, first saw it in bearing. Obtaining it, be planted a vineyard about 1816, and in 1819 or 1820, Prof. Jackson spent a day with Mr. McCall, and drank with him his Madeira, made from this grape.