I yG DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



ture: fruit-trees have hitherto been designated 

 under different names by different cultivators, 

 and it is often difficult, even with the aid of 

 books, to identify them. 



Few remarkable species exist that are not 

 found in the garden of the Museum. At first it 

 contained only those described by Duhamel, but 

 others have since been procured from foreign 

 countries or distant provinces, and the original 

 number has been nearly doubled. 



The aspect of this plantation is amusing to the 

 careless observer and instructive to the student. 

 In the winter may be examined the characters 

 Avhich depend upon the colour of the wood and 

 the form of the buds — a very necessary branch of 

 knowledge to the cultivator, as plantations of 

 fruit-trees are formed after the falling of the 

 leaf. 



The publication of the catalogue has been de- 

 layed in order to ascertain the synonymes used in 

 other countries, but a list corresponding with 

 the numbers on the trees is in the possession of 

 the gardener, who readily names the species with 

 which they are unacquainted to those who de- 

 sire it. Grafts may be obtained by applying to 

 the professor, and designating the species by the 

 common name or by the number of the tree. 



Among the species which are still rare, or 



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