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ing on the frontiers of Hungary which filled a cart. In 

 Lincolnshire, one of the best quality was discovered, which 

 measured 3 feet 4 inches in circumference, was 2 inches 

 thick, and weighed 29 ounces. These facts, he said, were 

 given on the authority of an English writer, Phillips, on 

 the kitchen garden. 



Mr. W. then concluded his Address by recommending, 

 that the plan he had had the honor to commence might be 

 continued periodically, by the different members of the So- 

 ciety. He thought that it would be attended with great 

 benefit and advantage to the institution and to the country, 

 as the mass of horticultural information which might thus 

 be accumulated could not but be highly important and ben- 

 eficial to both. 



Aet. n. The London Horticultural Societifs Catalogue of 

 Fruits. 3(/ Edition. With notices of all the jmncipal 

 varieties enumerated since the 2d Edition^ and other Re- 

 marks. By the Editor. 



Currants. 



So little change has taken place in the list of currants, 

 that it is scarcely worth noticing. That cultivators may 

 see, however, which are esteemed the best, and which are 

 worthless, as well as for the information of all who may 

 not be in possession of the 2d Edition, we have copied the 

 list entire, including, as it does, only 13 varieties. The 1st 

 Edition contained thirty-five names or varieties ; the 2d, 

 nineteen ; and now. excluding such as have proved syno- 

 nyms, and such as are deemed unworthy of cultivation, 

 thirteen remain. With the exception of three new sorts, 

 raised by the late Mr. Knight, only one other good variety 

 had been grown in the Society's garden up to the time the 

 catalogue was issued in December last, a period of seventeen 

 years. During the same period, nearly two hundred new 

 varieties of the gooseberry were added to the catalogue, 

 and many of them greatly superior to the old kinds. Had 

 the same attention been bestowed upon the currant, equally 

 valuable results might have been anticipated. Mr. Knight 

 did not devote but little attention to this fruit, but the sorts 



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