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generally interfere with necessary decorative features, aud in 

 order to exemplify this in some moderate degree, I may defe- 

 rentially refer to the accompanyiug illustration ; "'•• but a purpose 

 far higher than that of mere decoration will have been served if 

 it has been shown that, before resorting to expensive artificial 

 expedients in the endeavour to surround valuable subjects of the 

 vegetable kingdom with climates assimilated to their native 

 regions, much, very much, may be accomplished by a fuller 

 appreciation and more extended employment of the simple means 

 placed at our command by the beneficent Author of Nature. 



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printed with the double object of informing 

 the Ij'ellows as to the varieties of fruits now growing at Chiswick, 

 and at the same time of facilitating the completion of the Society's 

 collection. The Fellows therefore can be supplied with cuttings 

 of those mentioned in the Catalogue ; and the Society will be 

 glad to receive any varieties that are not contained in the lists, 

 either in the form of plants, or as scions for grafting.— R. H.] 



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