For your encouragement, we will also refer you to the history of the vineyards of Europe, which have suffered in like manner, and which have at length recuperated their energies and become productive. Why may not the same good fortune await us? Very respectfully submitted, by R. BUCHANAN, Chairman. FOOTNOTES: [16] Trans. Horticultural Society, London, Vol. II, p. 308; and Am. Journal of Science and Arts, March, 1840. [17] Trans. Cincinnati Horticultural Society, 1865. [18] Cincinnati Hort. Soc. Report. CHAPTER VI. THE SITE FOR AN ORCHARD. A MATTER OF IMPORTANCE, NOT OF MERE CONVENIENCE. LOW VALLEYS LEAST DESIRABLE. BASINS, EVEN IF ELEVATED, SUBJECT TO FROSTS. LOCAL DIFFERENCES OF TEMPERATURE, OFTEN FATAL TO TENDER VEGETATION. THE FROST LINE NOT DEPENDENT UPON MERE ELEVATION, BUT UPON RELATIVE ALTITUDE. MODERATE BLUFFS BESIDE VALLEYS, OR RIDGES IN A PRAIRIE, ARE BETTER THAN HIGH VALLEYS AMONG MOUNTAINS. DRIFT FORMATIONS, PRESENT INEQUALITIES OF SURFACE. FAVORABLE INFLUENCE OF THE WATER OF RIVERS AND LAKES UPON THE CLIMATE. INSULAR POSITIONS AND LACUSTRINE SITUATIONS HAVE A PECULIAR CLIMATE. FOGS. LATENT HEAT BECOMING SENSIBLE. METEOROLOGY WILL FURNISH AID TO THE ORCHARDIST. COLD STORMS. _Aspect_. PROTECTION FROM WINDS, ESPECIALLY A PRAIRIE QUESTION. EFFECTS OF AGITATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE. BELTS AND SCREENS OF TIMBER DESIRABLE. WINTER KILLING OFTEN DEPENDENT UPON THE CONDITIONS OF THE TREE. VARIETIES MOST SUBJECT TO THIS. LISTS. SOILS, PERMEABLE AND TENACIOUS. ADAPTATION OF SORTS TO SOILS. GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN MAKING SELECTIONS.