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LIX. Account of Florence Cherry. By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 

 F. R. S. $c. Secretary. 



Read October 1, 1816. 



For the knowledge of this Cherry, the qualities of which will 

 ensure it a place in every good collection of fruit trees, the 

 Society is indebted to Walter Calvert, Esq. of Hunsdon 

 in Hertfordshire, who has not only sent to the Society spe- 

 cimens of the fruit, but has supplied us with abundance of 

 grafts, which have been so distributed, that in a short time 

 no difficulty will occur in obtaining plants. 



Several years ago, two trees of this Cherry were brought 

 from Florence by the father of the present John Archer 

 Houblon, Esq., one of which was planted in his garden 

 at Hallingbury Place in Essex, and the other at the 

 Priory, a house belonging to Mr. Houblon, in the same 

 county. 



Richard Vachell, Esq. who lived some years at the 

 Priory, found it there. This original plant is dead, but Mr. 

 Vachell having taken grafts from it, they are now growing 

 in his garden at Coptfold Hall, near Ingatestone. From him, 

 Mr. Walter Calvert received a young tree, which he 

 planted in the garden belonging to the Parsonage-house at 

 Hunsdon ; and from this, the fruit and grafts which have 

 been presented to the Society were taken. 



