By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. 21 



garden, that I have found it difficult to convince gardeners 

 who have seen it, of its specific identity. 



The preceding statement will, I trust, induce the posses- 

 sors of public nurseries to try the effect of stocks of different 

 species, and particularly those of the Apricot ; for though 

 it is their interest that the trees they sell should perish, as 

 they now generally do within a very few years, I cannot 

 suppose the more respectable nurserymen would be influ- 

 enced by such considerations; and an additional price, 

 which will be to some extent necessary, will afford them a 

 fair compensation, if the number of trees they sell should be 

 diminished. 



