SUPPLEMENT, AUGUST, 1853. £43 



assertions are sufficient to induce me to abandon my own opinion 

 and adopt yours, and I feel now convinced of the existence of 

 this more perfect mode of reproduction. Nevertheless, as 1 must 

 give way in some measure to the evidence of my eyes, 1 abstain 

 from professing any definitive judgment, confining myself to the 

 admission that in any case the organs you observed undoubtedly 

 constitute true and well characterised sporangia. 



I close these few lines by saying that if you think proper to 

 publish them you are liberty to do so, my wish being above all 

 things that the truth should be brought to light, and that as much 

 as possible we should eliminate from science those contradictions 

 which have become but too much multiplied in mycography. 



Accept, etc., 

 Pisa, October 10, 1853. PiETRO Savi. 



XXI. — Supplement to the Third Edition oe the Catalogue 

 of Fruits cultivated in the Garden of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of London. 



The Third Edition of the Society's Catalogue of Fruits was 

 published in 1842 ; and the following pages have been prepared 

 as a Supplement to that Edition, on the same plan. This being 

 the case, it is unnecessary to repeat the explanations of the 

 columns and descriptive abbreviations employed for the respective 

 classes of Fruits. It is, however, to be observed that the num- 

 bers of the varieties are not consecutive: thus, Alfriston Apple 

 is No. 8 in the Catalogue, and it is marked No. 8 in the Supple- 

 ment, in which it has been introduced on account of additional 

 synonyms and remarks ; Barchard's Seedling follows, in alpha- 

 betical order, No. 26 of the Catalogue, and it is marked 26 l ; 

 and Bardon's Early immediately following, is marked 26 a ; and 

 so on. 



The materials for this Supplement have been much limited, in 

 consequence of unfavourable springs, and on this account some of 

 the best Pomologists were inclined to think it desirable not to 

 attempt publishing one till a good fruit season should occur. 

 The Council of the Society, however, was anxious to afford, in 

 the meantime, any information that a Supplement might possibly 



