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T his Work was originally commenced by two
Officers of the Horticultural Society, in the
hope of protecting the public, by means of
accurate figures and descriptions, from the evil
of making injudicious selections of Fruit-trees
when planting Gardens ; and of enabling purchasers
to judge, when their trees arrived at
a bearing state, whether the varieties that had
been sold them were genuine or not. It was
also anticipated that, during its progress, some
advance might be made towards settling the
confused nomenclature of at least the more
valuable Fruits in cultivation. It is hoped that
all these objects have hitherto been effected
in no inconsiderable degree, and that a continuation
of the Work, upon its present plan,
would, in the end, have been of much permanent
service.
Various causes have, however, induced that
one of the Editors, upon whom at all times the
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