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[Appendix. 



III. A short Account of the Works of the Reverend John Volkmar 

 Sickler, an eminent Pomologist, in Germany. By George 

 Henry Noehden, LL. D. F. L. S. $c. Vice-Secretary. 



Read August 5, 1817. 



In the pursuit of the objects for which the Horticultural Society 

 is instituted, we do not confine our attention to what is going on 

 at home, but carry our views also to foreign countries, in order 

 to collect whatever may be rendered serviceable to the science. 

 For this reason, communications have been opened, not only with 

 different parts of Europe, but also with the other quarters of the 

 globe, from which it is expected, that considerable benefit will 

 ultimately be derived. While we learn what others are doing in 

 Horticulture, we are enabled to compare their progress with our 

 own, and in particular instances, where they may be superior to 

 us, to gain instruction. The foreign and corresponding members 

 which have been established, are likely to prove highly useful in 

 communicating such information ; but, besides these channels, 

 it will be desirable to procure intelligence in any other way 

 that may present itself. I will, therefore, not omit to impart to 

 the Society, some account that I have obtained, concerning the 

 labours of an eminent Pomologist in Germany.* 



* I owe this information to Dr. Sickler, the son of the individual in question, 

 with whom I have had the good fortune to become acquainted lately, since his 

 arrival in England. Dr. Sickler is a distinguished classical scholar, who has beer, 

 sent for by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, from Germany, to unfold some 

 of the ancient manuscript rolls, found in Herculaneum. 



