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NEW ORNAMENTAL TREES. 



Fig. 6. The Deodar Cedar. 



yet no specimens in America over a few 

 feet in height. The accompanying portrait 



is from the Annals of Horticulture, and re- 

 presents an English specimen about ten 

 years old. We add the following note from 

 the same work: 



"The cones of tliis tree resemble those of 

 the Cedar of Lebanon, and arc ripe in the 

 months of November and December, when 

 they fall olT like the Sih'er Fir cones. 

 They may be crushed into pieces even with 

 the hand, and the seeds are then easily 

 picked out ; the good ones are plump, whilst 

 those which are useless, are flat and shri- 

 velled. During the month of May, a light 

 friable piece of ground should be selected, 

 (and in the climate of England it will be all 

 the better to be shaded,) and after being 

 dug and raked, the seeds should be sown in 

 beds in the same way as Larch seeds are 

 sown, viz: by covering them to the depth 

 of two-thirds of an inch. The plants will 

 appear in June, and in those beds they may 

 be allowed to remain two years, keeping 

 them free from weeds ; they should then be 

 transplanted into lines, and treated in every 

 respect the same as the common Larch tree. 

 The system of keeping them in houses is 

 just as absurd as growing the common 

 Scotch Pine in heat, or any other plant 

 which is equally hardy." 



THE BEST FIVE WINTER PEARS. 

 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Downing — You ask me for the results 

 of my experience as to what I consider " the 

 hest five varieties of winter Pears^ I com- 

 ply at the spur of the moment. I regret 

 that at the present time my engagements 

 will only permit of devoting the passing 

 hour to the subject, and will necessarily 

 compel me to pass more hastily over it 

 than I could wish, for one of its importance. 



The list, however, is made up from many 

 years' experience with the varieties named ; 

 all of which, I can confidently recommend 

 as worthy of extensive cultivation. For 

 more particular descriptions than will be 

 found in the following remarks, reference 

 may be had to the various Pomological 

 works of the day. I commence with that 

 " Prince of Pears," the 



