CCMISH GIILlLIFILOWEmo 
« HE Cornish Gilliflower is an Apple not so gen- 
erally found in good collections as many of 
inferior quality. The best varieties should be 
the most abundant ; but with Apples and Pears 
this has hitherto been a mere matter of chance, 
collections ha^•ing usually been made by persons 
^ of little information, and generally from such 
sorts as occur in the neighbourhood of the cultivator. Under 
these circumstances, second-rate varieties may reasonably enough 
be considered the best, by those who happen to be unacquainted 
with better. 
This Apple is said to have derived its name, Gillitiower, or 
July-Hower, from its emitting a fragrance, when cut, resembling 
the Carnation, for which, a hundred and fifty years ago, Gilli- 
fiowcr was the common name. Sir Christopher Hawkins, Bart., 
in a communication to the Horticultural Society, (see Trans- 
actions, vol. Q, p. 74,) stated that the original tree of the Corn- 
ish Gillitiower was discovered about the year 1800, in a cottage 
