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classical arrangement to the numerical, will find an insu- 

 perable obstacle to their plan, in this union of two species, 

 unless the two species happen to belong to one genus, or to 

 genera closely allied. In two instances, however, which we 

 have observed, of this deviation from the general rule in 

 the Botanical Register (viz. pp. 730. and 947.), this is not 

 the case; and consequently, in a classical arrangement of 

 the volumes in which they appear, two species of the four 

 must, of necessity, be misplaced. 



" Notwithstanding the laboured kind of defence which is 

 set up at fol. 2005, of the Botanical Magazine, the sub- 

 scribers to that work have quite enough to endure, in meet- 

 ing with so many plants which have been before figured, in 

 modern works of acknowledged accuracy, without their being 

 presented with repetitions of the same plants in the Botanical 

 Magazine itself; and whether every such repetition is accom- 

 panied with an apology (as at fol. 981. 2313. 2543, &c), or 

 is foisted upon them without one (as at fol. 2508. 2555. 2596.), 

 they are, in this respect, to say the least of it, paying for a 

 portion of matter which they ought not to be charged with." 



The same correspondent regrets the prevailing propensity 

 for the change of botanical nomenclature without sufficient 

 reason, and instances Acacia Conspicua changed to A. Vestita. 

 Bot. Reg. p. 698. 



Art. III. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, 

 Vol. V. Buhner & Co. 1824. 



{Continued from page 73.) 



67. A Note on the Pears called Silvanges, and particularly on the 

 Silvange Verte (Green Silvange). By " M. Charles Francis 

 Pierard, of Manjouay, near Verdun-sur-Meuse ; Corresponding 

 Member of the Horticultural Society. Read March 2. 1824. 



The name is derived from a hamlet on an antient road 

 leading to Treves. There are four sub-varieties of silvanges, 

 the early, the yellow, the ( ]ong, and the green. The green is 

 the best ; all are rather tender, and require a good soil and a 

 sheltered situation to ensure handsome and good fruit. 



68. On the Preparation of Strawberry Plants for early Forcing. 

 By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. F.R.S. &c President. 

 Read March 16. 



Gardeners have two methods of preparing strawberries for 

 forcing; one is to put the plants in pots a year or more before 



