LQ A T A L O G U E OF T HE FRUIT S CUL TIVATED IN THE GARDEN THE ORTICUL TURAL SOCIETY L ONDON S ECOND E DITION . L ONDON - PRI NTE D F OR T HE SOC I ETY BY W . NI COL C L EVE L AND B , , OW ; R Y R m ma . I GW Y BO BY J. HATC HA D PI CC I A CH co LD , AD LL ; , “ R D A - AND SO S PI C C D I Y O GM 0 0 . P T OST ROW N , A LL L N AN AND A ERN ER N OBNAVI L L E FE L L BON -ST T mvmc'rONs WAT E OO AND , D REE ; , RL ' ' ' - P AC T nnv r rm. AND won rz SOHO S UA woon S T L E , Q RE ; , RAND ; ' AND BY r m:PMNC I PAL Dooxsz nw n s 1 N A L L pAn rs or THE Du n n . 1 831 . P R E F A C E . AT the time when the first edition of this Catalogue was pub lished 1 826 was e e a the ess had , in , it consid r d th t progr which e e ma e e e m the ua es and s ms and th n be n d in d t r ining q liti ynony , se the me a u e of u s was su as us f in ttling no ncl t r Fr it , not ch to j ti y the Society in attempting more than a mere list of their names . The subsequent experience of five years has so considerably dim s e the ffi u es e e e su se e s ini h d di c lti which w r th n ppo d to xi t, that the Council have at length found themselves authorized in ordering the preparation of that which is now laid before the public . The plan which has been adopted on this occasion is as follows ; 1 . The a ran eme t of the a e es of ea s e es and a s r g n v ri ti ch p ci , l o of the s e es em e es a a e i a a the a es p ci th s lv , is lph b t c l ccording to n m in mm use and a se of a s s . co on , not ccording to tho Bot ni t For e am e u a and se e es are a e es e x pl , C rr nts Goo b rri pl c d r pectiv ly in the o e of the e e s and and u e th e e rd r l tt r C G, not nd r e coll ctiv h a a a e m es as was the as e t e ue . t r Rib , c in l st C t log The ames a a e u e ea s e es s o h of 2 . n rr ng d nd r ch p ci consi t b t those which are retained and of their synonyms ; b ut these are distinguished by the former being numbered and printed in ma a a e and the a te be u um e an d Ro n ch r ct rs, by l t r ing witho t n b rs o f th a in Italic characters . In order t render this part o e C ta ue the m e usefu the n ms are u e w e log or l, sy ony introd c d t ic ; both e al a e a s e the ame e in th ir ph b tic l po ition, wh n n to which th y e e is efe e a d a s mme a e f prop rly b long r rr d to, n l o i di t ly ollowing the names that are adopted in preference : b ut in the latter case Th they are printed more to the right than any other names . e Catalogue will thus shew at a glance not only of what adopted ame an e is a s m b ut a o a all the m are n y oth r ynony , ls wh t synony s of e e a ted m v ry dop na e . 6 6 8 5 6 9 iv PREFACE . 3 . um s and a e a s the mea of is By col n bbr vi tion , ning which e a e u e e er ffe e of f u a a e um e of xpl in d nd r v y di r nt kind r it, l rg n b r the m s m a a a e h the a e es are s o t i port nt ch r ct rs, by whic v ri ti di tin ish d has bee m resse t a r sma m u e e ass . us g , n co p d in o v y ll co p Th es the f e in Appl ollowing lin , 6 . 84 Oslin . roundish 2 T l A . e t p y I ug S p . s fies ha the s a a e e w a le of a un h fi ur e igni t t O lin is p l y llo pp ro dis g , of a m s e u e for the d se of the fi s u l and iddling iz , s d es rt, r t q a ity, ripening in August and September . To these ab breviations a few useful remarks have often be en added in a separate column; By these means it is hoped that a very considerable body of practically important information will have been combine d in this edition of the Catalogue. ema e ha the ab e a s &c . a e ee It will b e r rk d t t br vi tion , h v not b n a e use of in e a d e e s ha is e ume a ed and m d r g r to v ry ort t t n r t , o indeed that they are scarcely applied to ne half. In these cas es no certain information has b een yet collected at the Garden relating to those varieties the columns of which are b lank ; e the ees not av f u e or to na ura owing eith r to tr h ing r it d, i cc cies having b een discovered in the names of the plants received at es ac u a e ha e aken lace an the Garden . Th e in c r ci s v t p to extent of which no one who has not personally inspected the progress a can f m an ea and a e au ed of investig tion or id , h v c s mo re em ment a all e ause a s ever a en to e barrass th n oth r c s wh t o t k g ther . It would in many cases have b een easy to have fille d up such of the S e b lanks from books or such MSS. oci ty as have been c ecte e e e of the Ga den 5 b ut has been th u oll d ind p nd ntly r , it o ght e e a i all m co ce t n at th ia e e bett r, in ord r to vo d is n p io , th e d m t rs now given should have been exclusively collected from ob serva f m cu he e r ees o h s &c . re en t tion on t v ry t r whic tting , a tak o. hese a s are e a of t e s r a c distribution T bl nk p rh ps he l s impo t n e, as they in general accompany varieties the merit of which is a not often likely to be very gre t . f me ed a num e of fru t of a d and In the or r ition b r i s, both h r y e e s were m e e d e whic are he e omi ed of t nd r kind , co pr h n d, h r tt for s an e as B e r e a orns ramb es ra e such in t c ilb r i s, H wth , B l , O ng s, a a and the e . e ave b een eft out for e eral Gu v s, lik Th y h now l s v P C REFA E . rea ns far the ea e a a u ea a e are fit for so ; by gr t r p rt, ltho gh t bl , not cu a as r uit su are a s am es and Whor ltiv tion f ch H wthorn , Br bl , tleb erries u b e f u an ume of , which o ght only to o nd in en ration T rees an d Shrubs ; others can scarcely b e considered eatable at all as u um and ma of the me a a es and a , Vib rn s ny A ric n gr p ; third class is cultivated in this country for the flowers rather a the f u as the a e e .