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IX. Some Account of a Collection of Pears, received by the 

 Society in October, 1821. from M. Hervy, Director of 

 the Royal Garden of the Luxembourg, at Paris. By Mr. 

 John Turner, F. L. S. Assistant Secretary. 



Read January 15, 1822. 



The reputation for accuracy in names which the Collection 

 of Fruit trees in the garden of the Luxembourg has acquired, 

 made it extremely desirable that specimens of the fruits 

 grown there, (particularly of the Pears), should be obtained 

 for the inspection of the Society. With this view Mr. Sabine 

 last year solicited the assistance of M. Bosc, the superintend- 

 ant of the garden, and from him nineteen varieties were re- 

 ceived ; of these I took such notes as appeared to be neces- 

 sary at the time, and in examining the collection received in 

 October, I derived much advantage from them. 



For the second collection we are indebted to the kindness 

 of M. Hervy the Director of the garden ; it consisted of 

 twenty-eight varieties, all of which arrived in perfect preser- 

 vation. 



To the horticultural zeal of M. Hervy, and to that of 

 his father, the world owes the establishment of the garden of 

 the Luxembourg, as a receptacle for fruit trees, and at the 

 same time it owes them its gratitude for having been in- 

 strumental in preserving from destruction the most choice 

 collection of trees that had ever been formed in any country. 



