1843 and 1844. 



PRINC E S 



DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



OF THE 



FRUIT TREES, ORNAMENTAL TREES, 



SHRUBBERY AND PLANTS, 



CULTIVATED AND FOR SALE AT THE 



LIJKTIN'iCASS' BOTAI^IC G^'RIS^'E^ & MITRSISRIIIS, 



FLUSHING, NEAR NEW-YORK. 



10= Orders must be addressed to WM. R. PRINCE & CO. 



N. B. Precaution. — No o.her person in this vicinity is authorized to make use 

 of the name of this establisliment, or to receive orders therefor. 



In order that the benefits resulting from the present advanced stage of Pomological 

 knowledge may be generally diffused, the utmost pains havebeen taken to comprise 

 in the present Catalogue, ample descriptions of the respective varieties of Fruits, 

 and it will be perceived at a glance, that no similar publication has ever appeared, 

 that can beai- any comparison with the present one in this respect. These descrip- 

 tions have been mostly derived from an inspection of the fruits in the extensive 

 specimen grounds of this establishment, and the young trees in the Nurseries con- 

 nected therewith are propagated from the same specimen trees from which the de- 

 scriptions were made. The valuable Catalogue of the London Horticultural So 

 ciety has furnished collateral aid, and to our estimable friend, the late Robert Man^ 

 ning, and to William Kenrick and others, we are also indebted for an exchange of 

 information. 



Wherever an asterisk (*) precedes the name of a Fruit, it indicates American 

 origin, and wherever the letters R. M, are found, they indicate that the variety was 

 received from the late R. Manning. The correct name of each variety of fruit is 

 printed in Roman letters, and numbered ; and the synonymes immediately follow, 

 and are printed in italics. 



