The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Williams' Bon Chretien

Fruit large, irregular-pyriform; eye open, set in a shallow depression; skin smooth, fine, pale yellow; flesh white, tender and melting, of delicious flavour. August and September. A dessert Pear of great excellence; it keeps but a short time. The tree succeeds as a standard, pyramid, or bush, and is very fertile on either the Pear or Quince.

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