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trees, that never make any return for 

 their keep except in those decorative 

 uses wherein they are equalled, if not 

 quite outdone, by trees that contri- 

 bute to the fragrant stores of the 

 housekeeper. But with a suitable 

 proportiou of trees of large growth 

 for the principal features of the pic- 

 ture, there will be a need for small 

 bushes and pyramids in plenty to fill 

 in the foreground, to group in masses, 

 and to dispose in positions where their 

 individual beauty will be appropriate 

 and appreciated. There need be no 

 trouble in selecting these, and any 

 little mistakes which a severely criti- 

 cal eye might detect in the grouping 

 and contrasting — in the selection, 

 say, of a tree with a strong, diffuse 

 habit, where one of close, compact 

 habit would have been more suitable 

 — any such mistakes can be rectified 

 the next season, and while it continues 

 it is not so serious a matter as to 

 occasion disquietude. The increased 

 cultivation of dwarf forms of fruit 

 trees, as pears on quince stocks, 

 apples on paradise stocks, andcherries 

 on the Mahaleb, opens quite a new 

 field of enterprise for the amateur 

 pomologist, who having but a limited 

 space at his command, would gladly 

 plant fruit trees near the drawing- 

 room windows if it could but be 

 shown that there would be in the act 

 no very terrible violation of propriety. 

 Let us consider for a moment the 

 several kinds of hardy fruits from 

 this point of view. I think the Peak 

 must take the lead, because in all the 

 stages of growth the pear is beautiful, 

 whereas the apple is often an ungainly 

 object until it acquires age and size, 

 and is then not always a suitable sub- 

 ject for the embellishment of a lawn. 

 For trees of large growth grafted on 

 the pear, there can be no more suita- 

 ble varieties than Gansel's Late Ber- 

 gamot, Williams's Bon Chretien, Van 

 Mons' Comte de Flandres, Summer 

 Doyenne, Knight's Eyewood, Dana's 

 Hovey, Gansel's Seckle, Knight's 

 Monarch, Suffolk Thorn, Van Mons, 

 Zepherin Gregoire, and others of like 

 free habit and fruitfulness. For 

 bushes and pyramids, many of them 

 of almost matchless beauty, the name 

 is Legion. In the garden to which 



reference was made just now, there 

 is a Jargonelle trained distaff fashion, 

 the straight stem being beset from 

 head to foot with short, twiggy side- 

 shoots, which are beset throughout 

 with fruit spurs. This tree is a re- 

 markable object when laden with its 

 noble crop ; it has somewhat the 

 appearance of a may-pole decorated 

 with green leaves and luscious pears 

 in prodigal profusion. Again, there are 

 Louise Bonne, of Jersey, and Jersey 

 Gratioli in the form of large open 

 bushes ; and these all the summer 

 season are laden with their fine fruits, 

 and defy competition as decorative 

 objects. But to avoid prolixity, let it 

 suffice here to name a few that are 

 eminently adapted to form bushes and 

 pyramids, which shall be admired by 

 all who see them, not only for their 

 fruitfulness, but their beauty : — Alex- 

 ander Bivort, Alexandre Lambre, 

 Baronne de Mello, Bergamotte 

 d'Esperen, Beurre Bachelier, Beurre 

 Clairgeau, Beurre d'Anjou, Beurre 

 d'Aremberg, Beurre d'Amanlis, 

 Beurre Diel, Easter Buerre, Buerre 

 Hardy, Beurre Leon le Clerc, Beurre 

 Superfin, Chaumontel, Colmar d'Ete, 

 Dr. Trousseau, Doyenne d'Ete, Fo- 

 relle, Huyshe's Victoria, Marie 

 Louise, Urbaniste. 



The following varieties of Apples 

 are among the most handsome both in 

 growth and fruit, and at the same 

 time useful varieties, well adapted 

 for supplying the table from an early 

 to a late period of the season : — Bed 

 Astrachan, Blenheim Orange, Cellini, 

 Court Pendu Plat, Cox's Orange 

 Pippin, Cox's Pomona. Early Straw- 

 berry, Forfar Pippin, Fearn's Pippin, 

 Golden Drop, Golden Pippin, Golden 

 Harvey, Hawthornden, Bed Juneat- 

 ing, Mere de Menage, Melon Apple, 

 Newtown Pippin, White Nonpareil, 

 Quarrenden, Beinette du Canada, 

 Golden Ileinette, Reinette Van 

 Mons, Sam Young, Stamford Pippin. 



As for Cheeeies, they are beau- 

 tiful always, but they acquire new 

 importance as ornamental trees now 

 that they are grown in the form of 

 pyramids and bushes on the Mahaleb 

 stock. For standards, select varieties 

 of the Heart and Bigarreau class, all 

 of which, except the beautiful and 



