. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . VEGETABLE The Vine—Viiis vinifera. Of all the berries, the grape has in every age beenheld the most in esteem. As is the case with the cere-alia, the early histor\ of the vine is involved in obscu-rity ; for the oldest profane writers that mention itascribe to it a fabulous origin. The cultivation of thegrape was, probably, amongst the earliest etForts of hus-bandry. And Xoah began to be an husbandman,and he planted a vineyard*. According to the tra-dition of the Egyptians, Osiris tirs
. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . VEGETABLE The Vine—Viiis vinifera. Of all the berries, the grape has in every age beenheld the most in esteem. As is the case with the cere-alia, the early histor\ of the vine is involved in obscu-rity ; for the oldest profane writers that mention itascribe to it a fabulous origin. The cultivation of thegrape was, probably, amongst the earliest etForts of hus-bandry. And Xoah began to be an husbandman,and he planted a vineyard*. According to the tra-dition of the Egyptians, Osiris tirst paid attention tothe vine, and instructed other men in the manner ofplanting and using it. The inhabitants of Africaascribe the same gift to the ancient Bacchus. Wefind mention of the fermented juice of the grape asearly as that of its cultivation. Wine was amongthe first oblations to the Divinity-. Melchizedek,King of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, andhe was the priest of the Most High Godf. Wemay trace through all the most ancient records of thehuman race, a conformity between the chief articlesof subs
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