GHENT FRUITS. 521 



Pomme dc pere. Fenouillct. 



Belle flcur. Purinelle. 



Sans pepin. Reinette franchc. 

 Calville blanche d'ete. 



Pruniers. 



La petite verte. Longue bleu. 



La rouge ronde. Prune de St Catherine. 

 La longue rouge. royale rouge. , 



Prune d'abricot. Prune d'automne bleu. 



Reine-Claude grande jaune. Mirabelle incarnate grosse. 

 Prune d'oeuf blanche. verte. 



Abiiicotiers. 



La petite brune precoce. L'abricot-peche. 



La jaune mainlu. Le grand machol. 



La grande brune. Le crapaude. 



Cerisiers. 



Cerise rouge de Mai. De Bruxelles rouge. 



de St Jean rouge. Grande noire. 



Courte queue (Flemish). Guigne de Mai (red). 



La grande rouge. Guigne du vin (black). 



A double fruit. 



Et beaucoup d'autres, comme Muriers, Coignassiers, Noyers, 

 Nefliers, Noisette d'Espagne, &c. 



No. II. 



An ESSAY on the Culture of Hyacinths, by John Kreps, 



Son and Company, Florists at Haarlem 



(Referred to at p. 176.) 



The bulbs of hyacinths are subject to a disease or corrup- 

 tion of the sap, which occasions the destruction of many, in- 

 somuch, that the foreign amateur is disgusted and tempted to 

 abandon entirely the small hopes he entertains of ever seeing 

 his endeavours crowned with success. 



Without once giving himself the trouble to examine the 

 probability of his opinion, he takes it for granted, the climate 



