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A modern work of great value on account of its record of Dutch 

 varieties not figured elsewhere is the " Nederlandsche Boomgard," which 

 was pubhshed at Boskoop in 1868. The editors were Ottolander- 

 KosTER, HooFTMAN, and OvEREijNDER, and the coloured plates were 

 by Berghuis. These plates are excellent, and the descriptions given 

 full and exact. 



Portuguese Works. 



I have been able to find only one book of strictly pomological 

 interest in Portuguese — the " Diccionario das Peras Portuguezas " by 

 Olivieria (Oporto, 1879, large 8vo.). There is doubtless much to be 

 added to this list. 



Spanish Works. 



The pomological literature of Spain seems to be very scanty. In 

 the elaborate " Diccionario de Bibliografia Agronomica " by Anton 

 Ramirez, no work of importance is recorded. The only books I have 

 seen are those of D. F. Sala y Arnella, entitled " Frutales " (Barcelona, 

 i860, 8vo.), a small cultural work upon the origin and cultiva- 

 tion of fruit trees, dealing with them from the nursery stage 

 upwards, and the " Pomona de la Provincia de Murcia " of Don 

 Jose y Perez (Madrid, 1884, 4to.), with short cultural notes and 

 fairly full descriptions of various fruits. 



A few interesting papers may be found in certain journals, such 

 as the " Agricultura Espafiola " (1858-61) (vol. i contains a list 

 of Pears and Almonds), and in the " Boletin d' Agricultura " (Madrid, 

 1857). 



Russian Works. 



Russian works on pomology are not many, and I believe the 

 following names include the most important: — " Kratkaya Pomologia,'' 

 by UssiKOV (Petrograd, 1900), an octavo volume with plain lithographs 

 of apples and pears. Plums and peaches, &c., are described, but not 

 figured. " Pomologie," by Leon Simirenko (8vo., 1901), contains 

 photographs of nearly all fruits, with special reference to Crimean 

 varieties. A new and enlarged edition appeared later. 



The finest work is probably the " Atlas Plodov " (Petrograd, 

 1903-7, 4 vols, large 8vo.), with 100 coloured plates. This is a magni- 

 ficent work which equals the best done in France or England. The 

 plates for the most part are original and of great merit, both pomo- 

 logical and artistic. Some few of the illustrations, however, are 

 borrowed, from the " Aepfel und Birnen " of Goethe and others, and 

 these are markedly inferior. So far as I can ascertain, this book is 

 the best and most complete Russian work yet published. 



An index of names in roman type renders it useful to those who 

 do not read Russian. 



