XIV ABBREVIATIONS AND BOOKS QUOTED. 



Prince. A short Treatise on Horticulture. By William Prince, New 

 York, 1828, 12mo. 



Phillips. Pomarium Britannicum ; an Historical and Botanical Account 

 of the Fruits known in Great Britain. By Henry Phillips, London, 

 1820, 8vo. 



Poit. or Poiteau. Pomologie Francaise. Recueil des plus beaux Fruits, cul- 

 tives en France. Par Poiteau. Paris, 1838, and continued in 4to. nos. 



Rivers. A Descriptive Catalogue of Pears, cultivated by T. Rivers. Saw- 

 bridgeworth, 1843-44, pamphlet, 8vo. 



Ron. or Ronalds. Pyrus Malus Brentfordienses, or a concise description 

 of Selected Apples, with a figure of each sort. By Hugh Ronalds, 

 London, 1831, 4to. 



Ray. Historia Plantarum, a John Ray, M. D., London, 3 vols. Folio, 

 16361704. 



Revue Horticole. Journal des Jardiniers et Amateurs. Audot, Editeur. 

 Paris, 1844, et chaque mois, 12mo. 



Switzer. The Practical Fruit Gardener. By Stephen Switzer, 1724, 8vo 



Torrey 8f Gray. A Flora of North America, containing abridged descrip- 

 tions of all the known plants growing North of the Gulf of Mexico. 

 By John Torrey, M.D., and Asa Gray, M.D., New York, vol. 1st, 8vo 

 New York, 1840, and still in progress. 



Thomp. A Catalogue of the Fruits Cultivated in the Garden of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of London, 3d ed., London, 1842. [Prepared with 

 great care by Robert Thompson, the head of the Fruit Department] 



Thacher. The American Orchardist. By James Thacher, M.D., Boston, 

 1822, 8vo. 



Van Mons. Arbres Fruitiers, ou Pomologie Beige Experimentale et Rai- 

 sonnee, Par J. R. Van Mons. Louvain, 1835 1836, 2 vols. 12mo. 



. Catalogue des Arbres Fruitiers, Descriptif, Abrege. Par J. B. Van 

 Mons, Louvain, 1823. 



Wilder, MSS. Manuscript notes on Fruits, by M. P. Wilder, Esq., Presi- 

 dent of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



