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introduction to notice is sufficient to establish the name of 

 Swan's Orange. How stands the case with the Bartlett pear, 

 which, though an old and well known English variety, is 

 now called by that name, even in some pomological works, be- 



Fig. 19. Swan's Orange. 



cause it was first imported into Mr. Bartlett' s garden. Here 

 we have a foreign pear described and figured in European 

 works, and yet it is called after the person who first brought 

 it to notice in this country. Go further back, and see 

 how foreign pomologists respect priority of name. The Bart- 

 lett, so called, was raised in Berkshire, in England, by a Mr. 

 Wheeler, and was first introduced to notice by Mr. Wil- 



