A GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF POMOLOGY. 



unusual types depicted, which may also be seen in the Dutch works 

 on oranges which followed in the later years of the seventeenth century. 

 It is entirely in Latin, and is a remarkable example of an early 

 treatise upon citrous fruits. 



In the eighteenth century I have found Httle of note ; a translation 

 of " Le Jardinier Frangois " was published in 1723, and an interesting 

 book upon the peach, entitled " Trattato di Coltura di Persici e di 

 Alberi di frutto " (Venice, 1792). This is an elaborate cultural work 

 of some 240 pages. 



The finest Italian pomology was, without doubt, the work of 

 Gallesio entitled " Pomona ItaHana ossia Trattato degli Alberi 

 Fruttiferi " (3 vols., 172 coloured plates, Pisa, 1817-39, folio). 

 The plates are of varying merit, some being of great excellence 

 and others very poor. A very special feature is the large number of 

 , figs which are illustrated and described. This work is now extremely 

 scarce, but a copy is in the Lindley Library. 



A few years later a useful work was prepared by A. PicciOLO, 

 entitled " Pomona Toscana, che contiene una breve descrizione di tutti 

 i frutti che si coltivano nel suolo Toscano per servire alia collezione 

 in gesso medesimi " (Firenze, 1820). 



The only recent pomology which has come to my notice is 

 the recent work entitled "Pomologia: descrizioni delle migliori 

 varieta di Albicocchi, CiHegi, Meli, Peri, Peschi," by Girolamo 

 MoLON (Milan, 1901). This is a small octavo of some 700 pages, 

 entirely descriptive, and with a few coloured plates and some photo- 

 graphic illustrations. A useful feature is the very full reference to 

 Hterature given for each variety, and the discussions on the species 

 should also be mentioned. 



Scandinavian Works. 



The pomological literature of Scandinavian countries is rarely met 

 with in the libraries of Central Europe, and this list cannot be put 

 forward as including all important works, but is as complete as my 

 present opportunities can make it. 



The earlier works were mainly of the cultural order, and the first 

 I have found dealing with fruit trees alone is the " Konsten at Skara 

 Frukt Trad " (The Art of Nursing Fruit Trees), by J. J. Fragroeus. 



The great botanist Peter Kalm did not disdain to write of the 

 fruit and kitchen garden, and several pamphlets were published by 

 him on fruit trees about the year 1757. 



Of the works of the nineteenth century the following are probably 

 the most important : — " Svensk Pomona/' by Olaf Eneroth (1864- 

 1866), descriptions and plates of fruits, but the drawing and colouring 

 are coarse ; " Den Danske Frugthave. Et Billedvaerk for Udbredelse 

 af Kjendskab til Landets Frugter udgivet af et Selskab " (Svendborg, 

 1869-70-71), 120 plates ; " Svenska Tradgardsforeningens Tidskrift, 



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