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standard in our climate ; the trees are of strong robust liabit, when 



worked on the Pear stock, and at the same time very proHfic. I find this 

 Pear requires gathering early, othermse it is apt to be a little coarse. 



The hints at the beginning of this article are merely intended to warn 

 those who may possess new or strange varieties not to be too hasty in 

 condemning before subjecting the fruit to other than ordinary treatment. 



Although this list appears mider the head of new Pears, there are 

 some of the varieties that have been in the trade for a long time, and 

 yet are but little known. Should the present season prove favourable, 

 the list will be extended, so far as circumstances wU admit. 



Frogmore. J- Powell. 



THE CRYSTAL PALACE AT SYDENHAM. 



Within the last few days the directors of this extraordinary monument 

 of national enter[)rise have issued an announcement that the Palace will 

 be opened at the end of May, though no precise day has yet been fixed 

 upon ; we believe, however, that that event will take place on the 1st 

 of June, should it be convenient to her Majesty to honour the ceremony 

 with her presence on that day. By the programme of the directors, we 

 perceive that they have so far followed the example of the commissioners « 



