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Brown Beurre, fourteen ; several others have nearly 

 an equal number. The confusion resulting also 

 from various applications of these different names 

 by different cultivators, may be easily imagined. 

 The varieties of the Peach which Lindley describes 

 as Grosse Mignonne, Neil's Early Purple, Pourpree 

 Hative, Royal Kensington, and Superb Royal, are 

 all described as a single variety by Mclntosh, under 

 the name Grosse Mignonne, to which he adds 

 twenty-seven synonyms. 



The labors of the London Horticultural Society 

 have contributed much towards removing the be- 

 wildering confusion into which the numerous fruits 

 and their names were thrown. Large collections 

 were made from different countries ; and by a 

 careful and minute examination for several suc- 

 cessive years, innumerable mistakes were corrected. 

 The Massachusetts Horticultural Society, at Bos- 

 ton, in connexion with the labors of the late Robert 

 Manning of Salem, (whose collection of Pears 

 alone contained eight hundred sorts,) have tended 

 greatly towards the same useful end in this coun- 

 try. The subject is also receiving much attention 

 in various parts of the United States. The indis- 

 pensible necessity of a more thorough examina- 

 tion of fruits by those who propagate them for sale, 

 is more appreciated and becoming reduced to prac- 

 tice. Several extensive collections of American 

 and European fruits have recently been made or 



