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your plants will inevitably flourish, whether they be placed in a glass 

 house on the leads of the roof of a city warehouse, or in a greenhouse 

 in the country ; for even there dirty leaves may sometimes be dis- 

 covered as well as in our citizen's garden in the heart of London. 



Rus IN Urbe. 



DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FRUITS. 



{Continued from p. 153.) 



NEW PEAR. 



Baronne de Mello. 



This Pear closely resembles a well gi'own " Winter Nelis," both in 

 the colour and texture of the fruit and general habit of the tree, but is 

 of an obtuse pyriform shape ; skin nearly covered with soft Ught brown 

 russet, intermixed with yellow when at maturity ; stalk three-fourths of 



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~ --, .^-^ix" 



an inch long, and inserted without depression ; eye small, slightly sunk, 

 and has small narrow calyx ; flesh yellowish white, melting, juicy, 

 sugary, and rich, with an agreeable musky flavour ; ripe in November ; 

 altogether an excellent kind. The trees are hardy, of healthy habit, and 

 very fruitful. W. Powell, Frogmore. 



