CONTENTS 



137, pomological nomenclature (code of nomenclature) ; 138, 

 fruit exhibits; 139, score-cards for fruit exhibits. 



X. — Methods of Classification 98 



140, Individuals; 141, species; 142, varieties; 143, genera; 

 144, orders, classes, and divisions of plants; 145, botanical 

 names of plants; 146, publication and priority; 147, pomolog- 

 ical names of varieties; 148, the importance of Latin binomial 



XI. — The Order Rosacea 103 



149, Characters of Rosaceae; 150, Tribe Poms, the pome- 

 fruits (key) ; 151, Tribe Pruneae, the drupe- fruits ; 152, Tribe 

 Rubeae, the brambles; 153, Tribe Potentilleae, to which belongs 

 the strawberry. 



XII.— The Pome-Fruits 106 



154, The genus Pyrus. The apple: 155, the apple distin- 

 guished from the pear; 156, the common apple and the crab- 

 apple distinguished; 157, Pyrus Malus, the common apple, 

 described; 158, habitat and history of the apple; 159, distri- 

 bution of apples in North America; 160, botanical varieties 

 of Pyrus Malus; 161, strains of varieties; 162, the classifica- 

 tion of varieties of apples (description blanks). The ceab- 

 apple: 163, Pyrus baccata, the crab-apple, described; 164, bo- 

 tanical varieties of crab-apples; 165, habitat and history of 

 the crab-apple; 166, the place of crab-apples in American 

 pomology; 167, native crab-apples. The pear: 168, Pyrus 

 communis, the pear, described; 169, habitat and history of 

 the European pear; 170, cultivation of the pear in North 

 America; 171, the Sand pear; 172, hybrid pears; 173, the 

 classification of varieties of pears. The quince: 174, bo- 

 tanical characters of the quince; 175, the quince distinguished 

 from the apple, pear, and Japanese quince; 176, habitat and 

 history of the quince; 177, pomological status of the quince. 

 The Japanese Quinces: 178, the Japanese quince described. 



XIII.— The Drupe-Fruits 124 



179, The genus Prunus; 180, the several fruits in Prunus 

 distinguished (key). The peach: 181, Prunus Persica, the 

 peach, described; 182, habitat and history of the peach; 183, 

 variability of the peach; 184, classification of varieties of 

 peaches; 185, description blank; 186, the nectarine. The 

 apricot: 187, the apricot distinguished from the plum and 

 peach ; 188, Prunus Armeniaca, the common apricot, described ; 

 189, habitat and history of the apricot ; 190, cultivation of the 

 apricot in North America; 191, Russian apricots; 192, Japa- 

 nese apricots; 193, the black apricot. The Plum (key) : 194, 

 Prunus domestica described; 195, habitat and history of Do- 



