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to order." No loss, it is apprehended, will be felt from their 

 omission, since the experience of every cultivator must sup- 

 ply him with enough. 



Coshocton^ Ohio^ Jan. 6, 1846. 



We feel much gratified in presenting the above article, by 

 our correspondent, Mr. Humrickhouse, as the subject is one 

 of importance, and worthy of much reflection, by every cul- 

 tivator of fruits. The principles which he has laid down for 

 the arrival at a uniform nomenclature of fruits are self-evi- 

 dent, and must commend themselves to the Pomologist as a 

 near approximation to some general or established standard. 

 Until some such principles are acted upon, it will be in vain 

 to expect correctness in the names of fruits. 



Our correspondent takes the same ground that we ourselves 

 have taken and acted upon, in regard to authority, for names, 

 viz: the authority of the London Horticultural Society. It 

 is, as he says, necessary to have some conventional standard, 

 and the Society's Catalogue^ though not free from error, is 

 yet that upon which we can place the greatest confidence. 

 A personal inspection of the means of information, which 

 the Society possesses for the detection of synonyms, induced 

 us to adopt this course. The great importance of correct 

 orthography is particularly alluded to, and we must add our 

 testimony to the necessity of this. It is not to be expected 

 that that class of names, derived from the French, should be 

 properly pronounced by every cultivator, but there is no rea- 

 son why the name when written should not be correctly 

 spelled. Too many instances occur, however, which show 

 that not one in twenty of those who cultivate fruit, can, or do, 

 write the names correctly, and we regret to say that too many 

 catalogues have not contributed much to remedy the error. 



We have in our Review of Mr. Downing's work, in our 

 last volume, (XI. p. 297,) spoken of the merits, as well as 

 some of the deficiencies of the volume, and we intended to 

 have referred to it again, as soon as leisure permitted ; but in 

 the expectation of a corrected edition, we deferred the subject 

 for the present. We have the same fault to find with the 

 author, which has been commented upon by Mr. Humrick- 

 house, viz : the proper acknowledgment to authorities, and 



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