PREFACE. 



produced by different kinds of stocks, and the determination 

 of the respective qualities with a view to rejecting worthless 

 kinds, and selecting the most important only for permanent 

 cultivation. The fruits when gathered are deposited at 

 the Garden in a Fruit Room, which is constantly open to 

 the inspection of the Public, and which, from the number of 

 Visitors to it, appears to excite universal interest. 



The distributions made by the Society of cuttings, seeds 

 and plants has been of the greatest importance, as well from 

 the number and value of the articles, as on account of the 

 accuracy with which their names and synonyms have been 

 established. During the three years preceding the 1st of 

 May last, no less than 28,367 parcels of seeds were dis- 

 tributed at the Office in Regent Street, and 37,590 Articles 

 from the Garden ;* during the present year, this proportion 

 has been further extended. 



* The following are the proportions in which these articles were distributed 

 in each of the above mentioned years. 





Plants. 



Seeds at 

 the Garden. 



^Seeds m 



Cuttings. 



Total. 



1827- 28. Articles delivered 

 from May 1, 1827, to 

 April 30, 1828, inclu- 



1828- 29. Ditto, ditto, in the 



1829- 30. Ditto^ditto, in the 



Total. 



5,694 

 5,864 

 8,104 

 19,662 



3,411 

 3,304 

 4,390 

 11,105 



8,424 

 8,539 

 1 1,404 

 28,367 



1,692 

 2,489 

 2,642 

 6,823 



19,221 

 20,196 

 26,540 

 65,957 



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