in the United States. 5 



ered by all cultivators. Until these principles are acted upon, 

 it will be useless to expect correctness in our catalogues of 

 fruits. There is abroad among cultivators, as well as writers 

 upon Pomology, a want of respect in regard to priority of 

 names, and original descriptions. In Botanical science, the 

 strictest propriety is observed in this respect ; and, to prevent 

 errors and confusion, it should be no less observed in Po- 

 mology. 



The blight of the pear tree, so fatal in the west, has been 

 the subject of an article by Mr. Ernst, (p. 135,) and he has 

 given a very clear description of the manner in which the 

 disease appears. But he has added nothmg new to the re- 

 marks of Mr. Beecher, in our Vol. X. (p. 441.) 



Another subject which has attracted considerable attention 

 has been noticed by Mr. Ernst, viz., the duration of races of 

 plants. Our experience is against the opinion of Mr. Knight, 

 but how far the causes which Mr. Ernst alludes to, have any 

 effect upon the vigor of a variety, remain to be tested by 

 long and careful observation. 



One of the most valuable papers which our last volume 

 contains, is that of Mr. Humrickhouse, on the cultivation of 

 the pear upon the apple ; a great deal has been said by foreign 

 writers about the excellence of the hawthorn and mountain 

 ash, as a stock for the pear, and by some American journals 

 the apple ; but so far as the latter is concerned, we think Mr. 

 Humrickhouse has conclusively proved that, though fruit may 

 be produced on the apple, the pear is the stock which, for 

 orchard culture, must be relied on. For garden cultivation, 

 the quince is decidedly preferable, and while the cultivators 

 of Great Britain are imitating the method of the French, in 

 adopting dwarf trees upon the quince, our own cultivators 

 should not neglect to follow their example ; the false notion 

 that the quince is a very short-lived tree, is sufficiently re- 

 futed by the fact that a long row of qiienouille trees in the 

 Garden of the London Horticultural Society, which we saw 

 in 1844, had been planted 2.5 years^ and was then in the most 

 vigorous and fruitful condition. 



The conclusion of our European notes of gardens has given 

 us space to bring up our Pomological notices: and during 

 the year, we have given an account of all the new fruits of 



