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ADVERTISEMENT.
T h e object of this Work is, firstly, to
make the Public accurately acquainted with
those varieties of Fruit which are of sufficient
importance to deserve cultivation in
Great Britain; and secondly, to reconcile the
discordant nomenclature of nurserymen and
other cultivators. Both these points are, it
is presumed, of great interest to those who
possess gardens; the former in guiding purchasers
in the selection of varieties for cultivation,
and the latter in enabling them to
avoid filling their collections with the same
kind under different names. In the execution
of the Plates and the Letter-press, nothing
has been, it is hoped, omitted which could
conduce either to the utility or the beauty
of the Work; and it may be added, that the
endeavours which have hitherto been made to
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