144 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



The varieties Beurre Capiaiimont, Bon Chretien Napoleon, 

 and Marie Louise were raised from seeds at Mons, by the late 

 MM. Liard, Capiaiimont, and Uelcourt ; they are of more 

 recent date, and are more vigorous than any of the others 

 obtained in that town from seed. We shall only mention 

 those which are generally known. Neither La Fortunee of 

 Reumes, (not Parmentier ; the former was the sower, the 

 latter the propagator) ; nor the Colmar Nelis, or Nelis d'Hiver 

 de Malines, raised in the garden of the Councillor Nelis ; nor 

 the Urbaniste, found by the Comte Coloma in the garden of 

 a religious establishment at Mechlin ; nor the Beurre d'Arem- 

 berg, or Orpheline d'Enghein ; not one of all these havO; or 

 ever could have had, the hardiness or vigor requisite to suc- 

 ceed well anywhere, except in a situation sheltered from the 

 east and northeast winds. 



In the endeavors to obtain new and improved varieties of 

 fruits by seed, the chemist Yan Mons, of Brussels, was the 

 first in Belgium who was guided chiefly by the idea of rais- 

 ing seedlings from the pips of fruit of vigorous trees in the 

 first instance, and continually resowing the seeds obtained 

 from the last generation of seedlings, in order to obtain im- 

 proved fruits, in form and taste. He is also the only one who 

 has stated the principles by which he was guided in his re- 

 searches. These were commenced at Brussels, about the end 

 of the last century, in a nursery bearing the name of La Fi- 

 delite. Called at a later date to be Professor of Chemistry at 

 the University of Louvain, he transferred, in 1819, his nu- 

 merous seedlings to that place, not, however, without losing 

 a great many ; and he continued his essays till 1842, the 

 time of his decease. After continuing his researches for 25 

 years, the first catalogue, indicating the new varieties ob- 

 tained, was printed at Louvain in 1823. Some of these va- 

 rieties have been described by the author, and published in 

 the following works : — Annales des Sciences Nahirelles : 

 MM. Tobard et Weissenbruck, 1819-30. New [American] 

 Orchardist, by Mr. Kenrick : Boston, 1833. Magaziiie of 

 Horticulture, by C. M. Hovey : Boston, 1835. Systemat- 

 isches Handhuch der Obstkunde, J. G. Dittrich ; Jena, 1837. 



