The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 530
d destined one day tobe the Robert Brown of the age, doing justiceto all parties, and not forgetting Sir Joseph Banks, one of the greatestnames among the patrons of science.—Perseagratissima; iaurineas. TheAvocado, or, as it is often called, Alligator, Pear, is one of the most esteemedfruits of the… … 105 Edwardss Botanical Register^ 521 establishment which, whether we view it with regard to the botanical orhorticultnral interest that attaches to it, promises to be soon the most im-portant, as it is already the most magnificent, in Europe. Sir Hans Sloanethus speaks of the Avocado: — This tree…
