124 THE FLORIST. 



the country, under the name of Beurre Ranee, a worthless Pear, 

 having slender, unfruitful, pendulous shoots, and dull-green crumpled 

 leaves, in which respect it greatly differs from the fine glossy foliage 

 and robust growth of the true variety. 'I'his ought to be borne in 

 mind by every gardener when engaged in selecting trees from the 

 nurseries : the difference is obvious even in maiden plants. 



30. Ne-plns Meuris. This pear is by no means handsome, pos- 

 sessing nothing inviting either in shape or colour ; it is, however, 

 notwithstanding, a very desirable variety. The fruit is small, of a 

 roundish irregular figure, having blunt angles and swollen parts on 

 its surface. Stalk very short, thick, inserted without a cavity, and 

 at times scarcely protruding from the base of the fruit. Skin rough, 

 of a dull yellowish green, and partly covered with russet. Eye open 

 and prominent. Calyx very short. Flesh yellowish, melting, sugary, 

 rich, and agreeable. In season from January to March. The tree is 

 hardy and fruitful, of upright growth, and having dark-green glossy 

 foliage ; it produces its fruit in clusters, from three to five in a bunch. 

 The fruit should be allowed to hang as long as possible on the tree ; 

 and when gathered let it be stored in a cool dry place. This and the 

 preceding are two of the best late Pears known in this country: it 

 is a Belgian variety, raised a few years ago by Dr. Van i\Ions, who 

 named it after his gardener (Pierre Meuris). 



F?'ogmore. J. Powell. 



[With this article Mr. Powell closes his descriptive list of Pears, 

 which, together with those described by Mr. Whiting, will be found 

 to comprise most of the leading sorts at present in cultivation. The 

 subject of Mr. P.'s next communication will, we believe, be Cherries.] 



CARNATION, FLORA'S GARLAND. 



This old and esteemed variety was raised by Mr. Brooks, a small 

 amateur grower, and a cooper b)^ trade, living at Baptist Mills, St. 

 Paul's, Bristol. It bloomed for the first time twenty-eight or twenty- 

 nine years ago. This fact of itself speaks much in its favour ; look 

 at the number of flowers it has had as competitors, which it has seen 

 one by one drop off to be forgotten ; and good as some of its con- 

 temporaries are, we do not know one in its class of the present day that 

 will wear it out. But who is there that does not know Flora's Gar- 

 land — what need have we to extol it ? The only complaint we have 

 ever heard respecting it was, '*We cannot keep it;" every grower 

 has in turn been teased by its fickleness, and charmed by its beauty. 

 The most remarkable thing connected with this remarkable flower is, 

 that it was raised from a yellow^ Picotee, Louis XVI. ; but there is 

 some doubt about this. Lancashire Lass has been mentioned, which 

 we think by far the most likely parent. We expect to be gratified 

 with a fine bloom of this old favourite this season ; we have twenty 

 pots with three or four plants in each ; they are in the most robust 

 health, such as we have never before possessed. 



