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tivators in all parts of the country, including himself, and we 

 venture to say he has never had a single case where it took 

 "many years for them to regain their normal state of health." 



But we have not space to extend our remarks. We agree 

 with our friend the author, in regard to the duration of vari- 

 eties, but we wholly and totally deny that sandy soil, or even 

 climate, are the cause of the decay of certain sorts. It is 

 sufficient to know that they are defective, and we must think 

 with Mr. Kenrick^ that in the absence of satisfactory con- 

 clusions, as regards the cause, " all will agree, that in adopting 

 the theory, we adopt the safest course." And notwithstand- 

 ing the author recommends individuals to procure trees from 

 interior localities, we must not omit to say, the more rude the 

 climate from which a tree is taken, the better will it succeed 

 when transplanted to a milder one ; this doctrine is universally 

 acknowledged. To talk of unhealthy stocks is to make a 

 statement for the mere purpose of refuting it. Nurserymen 

 in the vicinity of Boston, always, we believe, have felt bound 

 to propagate from healthy stocks, whether those more in- 

 land have done so or not, and we think we speak their views 

 when we call for proof that they have done otherwise. 

 For what purpose the author has made such continued use 

 of " unhealthy stocks," we are at a loss to conceive. Such a 

 thing is quite unknown around Boston, except in trees receiv- 

 ed from interior districts. To show the excellence of the 

 climate and soil on the Hudson River, it was not necessary 

 to denounce the climate or soil of Boston and its vicinity. 



One great fault we have to find with the volume, is the al- 

 teration of standard names. This we have in four instances 

 in the cherries ; no work can be trusted to for authority in 

 which such a course is adopted. Thus May Bigarreau is 

 called Bauman's May, the Mottled Bigarreau, Manning's 

 Mottled, &c. We cannot approve of this course ; the simple 

 fact that the variety does not belong to the arbitrary classifi- 

 cation adopted, is no reason for changing the name: if every 

 writer were to do this, confusion would soon be " worse con- 

 founded." 



In giving the engraving of the Glout Morceau pear, the 

 author states in a note that we "have evidently figured the 

 Beurre d'Aremberg for that variety !" conveying the impres- 



