WORCESTER COUMY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



TRANSACTIONS FOR 1854. 



The transactions for the year 1854 are now published in accor- 

 dance with a vote of the Society. 



The Committee of publication, which is also a Committee on Syn- 

 onymes, have, in a few instances only, corrected the nomenclature in 

 the Reports, by substituting the name of a fruit, as recognized by 

 the proper authority, for one of a more local or unauthorized char- 

 acter. With this exception, the reports are given as they came into 

 the hands of the Committea. We hop3 that, at some time not far 

 distant, efficient measures may be adopted for the revision of the 

 nomenclature, so that there may be more uniformity in the names. 

 At present we often find on our tables different fruits under the same 

 name, and the same fruit under different names. This requires a 

 remedy. 



