536 A Classification of Peaches and Nectarines. 



on the authorities from whence the names which I have 

 adopted are derived, 



For the English fruits I have taken the enumeration of 

 Miller, in the eighth edition of his Gardener s Dictionary, 

 as the basis of my Catalogue, and have introduced all his 

 kinds without exception, quoting them as his. In the Epi- 

 tome of the Hortus Kewensis, and in the Pomona Londinen- 

 sis of Mr. Hooker, some kinds are found which appear not 

 to have been known to Miller ; these also are enumerated 

 on their respective authorities. The new varieties mentioned 

 or described in the Transactions of the Horticultural Society, 

 have been quoted from that publication. There are a few in- 

 stances where the authors of Papers, printed in those Volumes, 

 have applied names to old varieties, which are not supported 

 by the sanction of any of the standard works above mentioned ; 

 these names I have also thought it necessary to introduce, 

 protesting at the same time against their inaccuracy, and the 

 impropriety of their use. 



The varieties enumerated in the last (seventh) edition of 

 Forsyth on Fruit trees, which are not to be met with in any 

 of the publications to which I have referred, have been also 

 incorporated, not in deference to the authority of that work, 

 but because it is the only printed record at present existing 

 of their names. Besides all these, there are many kinds well 

 known to gardeners, which are only noticed in the printed 

 or manuscript Catalogues of nurserymen. These, as far as 

 my own knowledge of them would admit, I have also intro- 

 duced, omitting all of that description with which I am not 

 acquainted. 



For the French varieties the authority of Duhamel in his 



