EDITOR'S TABLE. 



while in class two wc find Aiulrcips, Bhoilgood^ Paradise iVAntomne, Bcurrc (TAmalU, Tier- 

 (janiot C<iiht((y Cajtiauniont, Dticltesse iVAngouIcmc^ Henry IV, Napoleon, Summer Franc- 

 real, and several others of the very best and most widely known varieties in cultivation. 



We ask men of experience, and we would put the question to Mr. Elliot him-ielf, will 

 not this classification mislead inexperienced people, and "be likely to lead to some serious 

 mistakes ? "We verily believe it will, and we would suggest some immediate alteration. 



We note a few changes of name, which will only create confusion. For instance, Amer- 

 ican Su-nmcr Pearmain is changed into American Pearmain; Yelloio Bclljlower, into 

 Bellfiovcer ; Ticenty Ounce, into Cayvga Red Streah; Canada Ecinctte, into Canada Pip- 

 pin ; Yelloio Harvest, into Harvest ; Hullardston Konsuch, into Sutton. All these changes 

 are made where the names were well established. Among Pears, Ave find Doyenne d''Ete, 

 or Summer Doyenne, changed into Deanh Summer; Soldat Lahoureitr, into Soldat d'' Esperin; 

 and some half-way attempts to Anglicize French names, thus — Louise Bonne de Jersey, is 

 made Louise Bonne of Jersey. It appears to us much better to let foreign names alone, 

 than to make them thus half-and-half — neither one nor the other. In a few instances avc 

 find the English name, or the English of the name, added to the original. If this had been 

 carried out through the book it would have been a very acceptable feature ; but it has 

 merely been attempted. 



We note an occasional error and omission, but have not space now to point them out 

 in detail. Beurre gris d'Hiver, which is a very promising and remarkably distinct fruit, is 

 not noticed ; but the name is given among the synonyms of Easter Beurre. Ne Plus 

 Menris, a very well-known, long-keeping winter Pear, is treated in the same way. Belle 

 Epine du Mas, or Due de Bordeaux, a well-known and excellent winter Pear, is confounded 

 with the Vicar of WinTcfield, &lc., &c. 



We observe a great deficiency of information in regard to the habit and character of 

 trees, except as relates to a few old and common sorts. This is a very important point, and 

 we are surprised that Mr. Elliot should have paid so little attention to it. 



This book has come before us at a season when we are actively engaged out of doors, and 

 have little time to read ; consequently our examination has been hurried and imperfect. 

 We have probably found fault more than is becoming in us ; but it is expected that we Avill 

 give our opinion of it, and we must do it candidly. We have tlie highest respect for Mr. 

 Elliot, and should be sorry to depreciate or speak lightly of his labors. He is a zealous 

 and honest Pomologist, entirely reliable as far as his information extends. The errors Ave 

 have alluded to, and others, Avill no doubt be promptly corrected, and the book be made 

 one of the most valuable of the kind in circulation. We commend it to the attention of 

 all interested in the subject. 



Buchanan on Grape CrLTCRK, and Longwoeth ox the Strawberry 



MooRE, AxDEi^sox, & Co., of Cincinnati, have issued a ncAV edition of this excellent little 

 Avork. We give the preface : 



"Three editions of this little treatise, within a year, being required to supply the demand for 

 it, would seem to indieato that the public interest in Grape culture is on the increase. The 

 author therefore deems it his duty to give the result of his own experience, and that of his fel- 

 low-members of the " Wine-groAvere' Association," in vineyard culture during the past year. It 

 was found that the severe frosts of January and February, 1852 — 8° to 12" below zero — killed 

 many of the grape buds in warm exposed situations, and several vineyards in Kentucky, a lew 

 miles south of this city, scarcely pjcduced any <'ruit. The hard frosts of the 18th and 19th of 



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