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net. Zuur (sour) Veentjee. Of these, the Blanke Aagt 

 and Wyher Pippin were particularly recommended to us. 



We ordered dwarf-trees, of two years standing ; two 

 plants of some, and four of others. We also ordered plants 

 of the Blue Frankendale and White Early Candia grape- 

 vine *. 



The following ought also to be procured from Haarlem 

 for the Society's garden, as soon as it is established. Pears : 

 Bergamot blanc. Calbas musque. Citroen de Cirene. Cu- 

 lotte Suisse. Gezegende-peer. Persik-peer, (probably 

 Poire-peche of the French). Suyker (sugar) peer van de 

 Neufville. — Apples : Caracter, (Fenouillet jaune, or Drap 

 d'Or?) Dubbelde Renet. Kandy Zoet. Blanc Zoet, 

 Zoete Renet. Zoete Veen. Zoete Zon-appel. 



Cherries are likewise placed on old or strong stocks, and are 

 therefore worked in the mode called cleft or crown grafting. 

 Handsome and healthy trees are not produced in this way ; 

 and our own plan of budding cherry -trees is greatly superior. 

 Viscid and ductile clay being scarce in Holland, a kind of 

 grafting cement or mummy is employed for covering the 

 grafts at the place of junction, both in the case of cherry- 

 trees and of apples and pears : this cement is composed chief- 

 ly of pitch, having a little coarse wax and turpentine mixed 

 with it ; and some appearances seemed to indicate that it had 

 been applied with the aid of a hot iron. Mr Kreps men- 

 tioned, that it did not answer very well, and that he con- 

 sidered clay, mixed with chopped straw, as preferable. 

 When the mummy is used, no bandage is employed ; the 

 want of which, we should think, must occasion frequent 

 failures. 



* These all arrived at Leith in the course of winter 1817-18 ; hut, owing 

 to the Society having no public Experimental Garden, they were necessarily 

 placed in different private gardens. 



