JANUARY. 



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These all grow with us on walls, or as dwarf standards ; they are seldom 

 grown in Scotland as espaliers. We have our Geans, which do in the very 

 heart of the highlands, and are even superior in flavour to any of the Cherries, 

 and some of them as large. Of these the Amber, Castle Menzies, Hungarian, 

 and Black Dutch, are the most esteemed. I\[y father had many Gean trees 

 planted round the garden, as affording food for the birds, while his Cherries 

 escaped without the trouble of netting them. They are very ornamental as 

 well as useful. 



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