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many of his seedlings have proved themselves to be of great vibram five fingers value.The Horticultural Society of London, during the time he was connected with it, conferred great benefit on this country. Great pains were taken to test the quality of the fruits cultivated, and to class them under their correct names, many kinds of apples, pears, vibram fivefingers &c, having previously had a large number of synonyms differing in different localities. Their catalogue of fruits, published in 1842, is a work no pomologist can do without, and their supplement, published since, although not so complete, is of great utility, and reflects much credit on Mr. Robert Thompson, who has spent the greater part of his life in the service of the Society and in the study of fruits. Some idea may be formed of the magnitude of this work, from the fact that in the catalogue of 1842, 897 distinct sorts of apples, 442 distinct sorts of pears, 127 distinct sorts of plums, and 80 distinct sorts of cherries, besides hundreds of peaches, vibram five fingers kso nectarines, apricots, &c. (which are not used in this country as orchard fruits), have all been tested in the Society's garden, and all have their synonyms attached.During the last few years no advance of any consequence was made by the Horticultural Society as regards orchard fruits until last autumn, when the Society had a magnificent display of both home and foreign fruits at Willis's Rooms (London), and awarded prizes to a considerable amount.This inertness on the part of the Horticultural Society called into existence a society bearing the title of ' The British Pomological Society,' which holds numerous meetings during the year, and has received the support of all the leading nurserymen and gardeners, both professional and amateur, in the United Kingdom. This Society affords to all persons, whether members or not, the means of having their fruits (especially seedlings) tested against all the best known existing sorts.Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, publishes also annually a descriptive catalogue of fruits of great utility to every cultivator, and it has this merit, that the accuracy of its descriptions can be relied upon, having been made from his own personal observations.There is one of his recommendations, however, on which I must differ from him, i. e. the cultivation of the pear on quince stocks; this may probably be of utility on very stiff clay-land and for garden trees, but on light lands and for orchard purposes I would caution purchasers against it. I have known so many failures arise from this stock having been used, that I recommend no pear-trees but those grown on pear stocks.Mr. five fingers shoes Rivers has also published several other valuable and interesting works on fruit trees. There is one class of fruits that seems, however, not to have attracted the attention it deserves—viz., apples used for cider. Whilst fruit for dessert and kitchen purposes has been largely grown, and great improvements have been made in it, the cultivation of trustworthy kinds for cider seems to have been neglected, and there are no data by which correct nomenclature can be ensured.