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Among the new shrubs we would strongly recommend that 

 beautiful evergreen Escallonm rubra ; and, where there is a con- 

 servatory wall (and we shall show what a world of enjoyment is 

 to be derived from this source in a future Number), we would 

 recommend also E. montevidensis ; but we shall have more to 

 say respecting new shrubs in our next Number. 



We shall conclude by observing that tree seeds, like those of 

 culinary vegetables, have ripened remarkably well this last sum- 

 mer, both here and in America ; and that many sorts generally 

 scarce and dear in the seed shops, are now abundant, and com- 

 paratively cheap. 



Art. XIV. Pomological Notices ; or. Notices of jtctv Fruits ivJiick 

 have been proved, during the past Year, to deserve General Culti- 

 vation in British Gardens. 



Our reliance for information on the subject of this article is 

 principally on Mr. Robert Thompson of the Chiswick Garden, 

 whom the committee of the London Horticultural Society has 

 kindly permitted to supply us with information. The reasons 

 why we depend so much upon him are, his extensive knowledge 

 and experience, his enthusiasm for the subject, and his having 

 all the fruits of Britain continually under his eye. Were we to 

 accept of notices of new fruits, said to be deserving of cultivation, 

 from nurserymen or gardeners in different parts of the country, 

 indiscriminately, and to recommend them as such, we could never 

 be perfectly certain of their merit, relatively to that of all other 

 fruits, when tried in the same soil and in the same climate ; nor 

 whether such fruits were not already included in our lists in the 

 new edition of the Encyclopedia of Gardening, under some other 

 name. In all cases, therefore, of doubts of this kind, we shall 

 merely recommend trials to be made ; and leave the final result 

 to be determined in the gardens of the London Horticultural 

 Society. 



For the climate of Scotland, we shall have no hesitation in 

 recommending what has been proved, in the garden of the Ca- 

 ledonian Horticultural Society at Edinburgh, to deserve general 

 cultivation ; not only because we have full confidence in the 

 knowledge of Mr. Barnet, and in his ardour for the subject, but 

 because, from his having had the management, for several years, 

 of the fruit department in the Chiswick Garden, he has quali- 

 fied himself for acting, in matters of this kind, in concert with 

 Mr. Thompson. The committee of the Caledonian Horticul- 

 tural Society have most kindly granted us permission to apply to 

 Mr. Barnet for information on this subject. 



We wish we could refer to a Dublin Horticultural Society's 



