Xviii ABBREVIATIONS AND BOOKS QUOTED. 
Torrey & Gray. A Flora of North America, containing abridged descrip 
tions of all the known plants growing north of the Gulf of Mexico, 
By John Torrey, M.D., and Asa Gray, M.D. New York, vol. 1st 
8 vo. New York, 1840, and still in progress. 
Thomp. A Catalogue of the Fruits Cultivated in the G arden of the Hor- 
ticultural Society of London, 3d ed., London, 1842. [Prepared 
with great care by Robert Thompson, the head of the Fruit De- 
partment.] 
Thacker. The American Orchardist. By James Thacher, M.D. Boston, 
1822, 8 vo. 
Van Mons. Arbres Fruitiers, ou Pomologie Beige Experimentale et Rai- 
sonnee. Par J. R. Yan Mons. Louvain, 1835 — 1836, 2 vols. 12mo. 
. Catalogue des Arbres Fruitiers, Descriptif, Abrege. Par J. B. 
Yan Mons. Louvain, 1823. 
Wilder, MSS. Manuscript Notes on Fruits. By M. P. Wilder, Esq., 
President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 
ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES. 
Al Pom. Album de Pomologie; in which the fruits of Belgium are 
figured and described. 
An. Pom. Annals of Pomology, a periodical published by royal commis- 
sion, in which choice fruits are figured and described. 
O. E A. Comice of Horticulture of Angers. 
Eort. The Horticulturist of Rural Art and Rural Taste, 11 vols. 
Cole. American Fruit Book, bv S. W. Cole, Boston, Mass. 
Thomas. American Fruit Culiurist, by John J. Thomas, Union Springs, 
New York. 
Barry. The Fruit Garden, by P. Barry, Rochester, New York. 
Waring. The Fruit Grower’s Hand-Book, by Wm. G. Waring, Boals- 
burg, Pa. 
Elliott American Fruit Grower’s Guide, by F. R. Elliott, Cleveland, 0. 
White's Gard. Gardening for the South, by Wm. N. White, Athens, Ga. 
Eov. Mag. The Magazine of Horticulture, by C. M. Hovey, Boston, Mass. 
22 vols. 
N. Y. Eort. Rev. New York Horticultural Review, by C. Reagles, New 
York. 
Ad Int Rep. Ad Interim Reports of the Pennsylvania Horticultural 
Society. 
Inter. Rep. Intermediate native fruit reports of the American Pomologi- 
cal Society. 
Ga. Pom. S. Rep. Ad Interim Reports, of the Georgia Pomological Soci- 
ety. 
Me. Pom. S. Rep. Annual Report of the Maine Pomological Society. 
Trans. A. Pom. S. Transactions of the American Pomological Sociely. 
Biv. Gat. Catalogue of A. Bivort, Belgium. 
Pap. Cat. Catalogue of Ad. Papelen, Belgium. 
Leroy's Cat. Descriptive Catalogue by Andre Leroy, Angers, France. 
Pr. Cat. Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits, by Wm. R. Prince, Flushing, 
New York. 
L. E. Berchman's MS. Manuscript Notes, by Louis E. Berckman, Plain- 
field, New Jersey. 
