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the stone, adherence or non-adherence of 

 the flesh, form of the suture, and the hol- 

 low at the stem ; and in kernel fruits, of 

 the size of the core and seeds, the length, 

 position and insertion of the stalk, and form 

 of the eye ; in peaches, the form of the 

 leaf glands and size of blossoms ; in grapes, 

 the form of the bunches ; and in strawber- 

 ries, the character of the blossoms, whether 

 staminate or pistillate : and also where there 

 is any marked character in the foliage, 

 growth of the young wood, or bearing tree, 

 the same shall be given. 



V. The name of the new variety shall 

 not be considered as established, until the 

 description shall have been published in at 

 least one Horticultural or one Agricultural 

 Journal, having the largest circulation in the 

 country, or some Pomological work of large 

 circulation and acknowledged standard cha- 

 racter. 



VI. In giving names to newly originated 

 varieties, all harsh, vulgar, or inelegant 

 names shall be avoided, such as " Sheep- 

 nose," "Hogpen," etc. 



VII. No new names shall be given, 

 which consist of more than two words, ex- 

 cepting only when the originator's name is 

 added. [Thus all unnecessarily long titles, 

 such as "New Large Black Bigarreau," 

 "Beurre Gris d'Hiver Nouveau," will be 

 avoided,] 



VIII. Characteristic names, or those in 

 some way descriptive of the qualities, ori- 

 gin, or habit of fruit or tree, shall be pre- 

 ferred. Theyjmay be either characteristic 



of intrinsic properties, as " Golden Sweet- 

 ing," Downer's Late," etc; or of local ori- 

 gin, as " Newtown Pippin," " Hudson 

 Gage;" of the season of ripening, as " Early 

 Scarlet," "Frost Gage;" of the form and 

 colour, as "Golden Drop," "Blue Pear- 

 main ;" or which commemorate a particular 

 era, place, or person, as " Tippecanoe," 

 "La Grange," "Baldwin," or any other 

 titles which may be significantly applied. 



IX. All superfluous terms shall be avoid- 

 ed : thus instead of " Thompson's Seedling 

 Beurre," it is better to say " Thompson's 

 Beurre," or simply " Thompson Pear." 



X. Before giving a name to a new fruit, 

 its qualities should be decided by at least 

 two seasons' experience. 



XI. When two persons have named or 

 described a new native fruit, then the name 

 and description first published, if accord- 

 ing to the rules herein indicated, shall have 

 the priority. 



XII. No person introducing new fruits 

 from abroad, shall be allowed to rechristen 

 the same, or give them his own name ; but 

 the same should be submitted to some com- 

 petent pomologist to ascertain the true 

 name. 



XIII. In deciding the names of fruits al- 

 ready known and described, the latest edi- 

 tion of the " Catalogue of the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society " shall be considered the 

 standard European authority ; and the latest 

 edition of Downing's " Fruita and Fruit 

 Trees of America" the standard American 

 authority. 



Transplanting Trees. — Some sensible advice 

 is pivcn in " Maunde's Botanic Garden and Fruit- 

 ist," for September, respectin<f the preparation of 

 fruit and other trees for transplanting. It is there 

 recommended that, at the end uf August, a trench 

 should be cut hallway round the tree, cutting ofl", of 

 course, the extremities of the roots. At the end 

 of September, the trench to bo continued all round 

 the tree, and the whole left open. This process, 

 says the author, will jiroducc an early cessation 

 of growth, and consequently a more perfect matu- 



ration of the wood, in tender trees, together with 

 plenty of fresh fibres, by which the tree, when 

 transplanted in November, will be speedily esta- 

 blislicd. Here the performance of tlio o})cration, 

 by degrees, prevents tlie shock generally given by 

 transplanting, at the same time as a<khlional ac- 

 tive tibrous roots are ]>rodueed to meet the circum- 

 stances. In the removal of trees or slirubs, parti- 

 cularly if rather large, this is doubtless a very judi- 

 cious mode of proceeding. — Gardener's Chroiv- 

 cle. 



