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a way as to correct errors which might have crept in. There 

 now, therefore, remains no doubt on this head. But this is not 

 the case with many of the varieties obtained from various parts 

 of France, and more particularly from abroad, since the publi- 

 cation of Duhamel's work. The nomenclature of these is 

 vague ; in many cases the sorts have proved synonymous with 

 those already known ; and it is necessary to wait till the trees 

 have fruited in order that they may be correctly named." 



It thus appears that the collection of the Chartreux, made 

 during a period of 150 years, was preserved by the exertions of 

 M. Thouin ; and of that collection the Horticultural Society of 

 London received with the above communication, grafts of 48 

 varieties of Plums, 99 of Apples, and 145 of Pears. Peach and 

 other kinds of fruit-trees were subsequently forwarded from the 

 same source. 



M. Laffay s Nursery, Rue clu Bel-air, Montee des Capucins, 

 Bellevue. — From the Luxembourg we proceeded to Meudon, 

 but did not find M. Pelvilain at home. We then called on 

 M. Laffay, Bellevue, well known as a rose cultivator, and who 

 possesses thousands of seedlings of the Perpetual Moss Rose. 

 Here, the aspect being northerly, the ground was still frozen 

 (March 5) to the depth of 6 inches, which is very rarely the 

 case in England so late in the season. M. Laffay had the kind- 

 ness to give cuttings of various kinds of fruit-trees for the 

 Society, among which were the Belle de Havre Apple ; the 

 Muscat Noir Hatif Grape, although not the very earliest, yet 

 the earliest, he said, of all Muscat Grapes ; also cuttings of 

 Malus Sieversianus, originally from the Caucasus, and named 

 after a Russian general. Mr. Knight's seedling, the Elton 

 Strawberry, succeeds well here, producing large fruit in great 

 abundance, and it affords a late succession. 



Sevres. — Here, on our way to Boulogne-sur-Seine, we passed 

 the King's Flower Garden, whence the supply of bouquets for 

 the palaces is principally derived. It is laid out in straight 

 beds, We then traversed the Park of St. Cloud. The ele- 

 vation where the " Lanterne " is situated commands a very fine 

 view of Paris. 



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At Boulogne-sur-Seine, the seat of Baron James Roths- 

 child, there is extensive forcing of fruits, flowers, and vegetables, 

 under the direction of M. Bergmann, a native of Holland ; and 

 he seems to prefer the usual practice adopted in his country of 

 forcing under low structures. The fruits being forced were 

 Pine-apples, Grapes, Peaches and Nectarines, Apricots, Cherries, 



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