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time and room in arguing this question with those who have 

 made such assertions. Acting under such impressions, our 

 collections would soon be deficient in some of the choicest 



Fig. 18. Excellentissima Pear. 



kinds which have been produced. As an evidence of this, 

 we need only remark that the Doyenne Boussock, recently 

 described and figured by us, (Vol. XIII, p. 68,) and the Ex- 



