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last are generally right ; the first is in the road of nature from instinctive 

 impulse, the latter from the dictates of reason and experience. 



Nos. T. and II. for November and December, contain 



1. The Wave-leaved Pine, from the Bristol nursery, but of unknown 

 origin ; distinguished by its flaccid leaves, but in other respects not mate- 

 rially different from the common pine. 



2. The Royal Apricot, raised a few years ago in the Royal Garden of the 

 Luxembourg, and pronounced in the Bon Jardinier to be even superior to 

 the Moor-Park, their Abricot Peche, and ripening from a week to ten days 

 earlier {fig. 115. facing p. 322.) 



5. The Sugar-loaf Pippin ; Dolgoi Squoznoi, Russ. (i. e. long and trans- 

 parent) ; and Dymond of Exeter's Hutchins's early Seedling. A summer 

 apple from Russia, and also from Exeter. " At the period of the year 

 when this matures, there is scarcely any apple which possesses the same 

 good qualities. But after having been gathered a week or ten days, the 

 flesh becomes soft and mealy." 



4. Sweet Cone Straivberry, raised by T. A. Knight, Esq., in 1817, from 

 the Old Pine impregnated by the Old Black. A moderate bearer, flesh firm, 

 red, very rich, and high-flavoured. 



5. The Oslin Apple, said to have been brought from France to Scotland 

 by the monks of Arbroath. Delicious ; " the best, except the Kerry Pippin, 

 of all the early autumn apples ; grows by cuttings. 



6. The Mims Plum. A seedling from the Blue Perdrigon, in size and 

 figure approaching the Magnum Bonum. " A pleasant dessert plum, but 

 its great excellence is as a pie-fruit." Succeeds well as a standard. 



7. The Grove-End Scarlet Strawberry, raised in the garden of W. Atkin- 

 son, Esq., at Grove-End, Paddington, in 1820. One of the earliest and best 

 of the scarlet strawberries. Forces well, and bears carriage securely. 



8. The Barnet Raspberry. A seedling raised by a nurseryman named 

 Cornwall, at Barnet, in Hertfordshire. Distinguished from the Red Ant- 

 werp by its branching canes, and long, slender, reddish prickles. Very proli- 

 fic, and ripens early, but does not bear carriage well. 



The drawings and descriptions are very well executed, and though plants 

 of the eight fruits described could be purchased at a nursery for less than 

 their representations on paper, yet the publication may certainly be con- 

 sidered as moderate in price. 



The following note is from an experienced orchardist : — 

 The stalks of fruit, I consider, should be carefully designated in the 

 Pomological Magazine. In my orchard, it is wonderful to see how a long- 

 stalked apple will ride out an equinoctial gale, when the shorter are all 

 blown down. This is an essential difference in late-ripening fruit, as to 

 relative value. — W. R.Y. 



The following is from a highly valued correspondent (see p. 571.): — 

 The Pomological Magazine appears to me to be on too expensive a plan 

 to insure a general sale : 5s. for four plates of fruit is much too dear. Why 

 not have chosen the small quarto size, like Loddiges' Cabinet, and given ten 

 plates for 5s., as they have done, instead of four ; or the quarto size of the 

 Society's Transactions, with four or six figures on each plate ; for, at the rate 

 of four fruits a month, it will take nearly eighty years to go through the Hor- 

 ticultural Catalogue of 3825 sorts, supposing them all to be distinct. But 

 perhaps it is intended to be made a profitable concern, as well as a scientific 

 one. By the by, let me ask, is it published to aid the funds of the Society, or 

 for private benefit ? If for the latter, I should not consider it very respectful 

 to the Society at large, as most probably the greater part of the specimens 

 will come from the Horticultural Society's Garden; however, this is a 

 matter that does not concern the public, who want certainly a good, useful, 



