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deterred from a study of it, not only because the 

 signs which separate orders and the marks whicli 

 separate genera are really so minute, and in many 

 cases so unappreciable, but that the terminology, 

 titles, &c., are really so outlandish, that the system 

 is absolutely repulsive. Like many others, he has 

 hopes that somewhat will be done to simplify the 

 science, so as to make the attainment of it as easy 

 as the study of it is inviting 



Respecting the nomenclature of fruits, the author 

 complains of the multiplicity of names given to the 

 very same kind, especially of apples and pears. To 

 reduce the lists, or rather to prevent further accu- 

 mulation of new names, he advises the council of the 

 Horticultural Society to admit not another single 

 sort into the collection, unless it can be clearly made 

 appear that it is superior to every one already in 

 possession. In the disposal of medals from that 

 Society, he thinks they should be given for the 

 greatest entire crop successively produced, rather than 

 for a single excessively large flower or fruit, which 

 may be merely the effect of accident, and for which 

 the producer can claim but little merit. This way 

 of distributing rewards, however, presupposes that 

 the Society should have emissaries in all parts of 

 the kingdom, which he admits is impossible. Still 

 he thinks there should be some criterion o{ general 



* Whilst these sheets are going through the press, the 

 author learns Dr. Lindley has just published a work, under 

 tho title of Ladies' Botany," which completely remedies 

 the di^culty complained of. 



