CONTENTS. 



History. Native place. First notice, 1. Name: brought 

 to England, 2. First eaten by Cromwell; first ripened 

 here by Rose, 3. First successfully cultivated by Le 

 Cour, 4. Cultivation established in England, 5. In Ire- 

 land and Scotland, 6. Giles and Taylor, on its culture, 7. 

 Bastard, Speechley, and Griffin, 8. Baldwin, &c. ; Steam 

 as a source of heat, 9. Loudon, Glendinning, and Hamil- 

 ton, 10. Importation from the West Indies, 11. Not 

 difficult of cultivation, 12. Culture in France, Meudon, 

 &c, 13. Versailles, 16. 



Botanical Characters, 20. Neither tender nor short- 

 lived, 21. 



Varieties, 22—43. 



Characteristics of Excellence. Size, Crown, &c., 44. 

 Queen, Moscow Queen, Black Jamaica, 45. Green 

 Olive, Enville, Gld Globe, 46. Russian Globe, Provi- 

 dence, 47. Increase of size compatible with excellence, 

 48. Promotion of keeping, 49. 



Modes of Propagation. Seeds, 50. Seedlings do not re- 

 semble parent, 51. Speechley's directions, 52. Suckers, 

 53. Drying them objectionable, 56. Suckers from 

 plants not potted, best, 58. Hamilton's mode of treating 

 them, 59. Potting them, 61. Crowns, 62. Cuttings of 

 stem, G4. 



