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practiral light. In the clever portions of 

 tlie work devoted to ventilation, all the most 

 celebrated plans, which have been used or 

 proposed for the House of Commons, and 

 other public buildings in England, are given 

 in a very clear and perspicuous manner. 



The copy before us is a London edition, 

 published at a very moderate price, and for 

 sale by Messrs. Wiley & Putnam, New- 



York. Unless some American work on the 

 same subject is in preparation, we should 

 be glad to see Mr. Bernan's two volumes 

 republished here. The dissemination of 

 the excellent stock 0/ information which 

 they contain, could not fail to be productive 

 of most beneficial results on the quick por- 

 ccptive faculties of our numerous builders 

 of houses. 



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NEW BELGIAN PEARS. 



Louise d'Orleans. — This pear having been 

 imlgcd the best which has ever issued from the 

 celebrated nursery of the late Dr. Van Mons, his 

 two sons, Colonel Van Rlons, and his Ijrother the 

 counsellor, have been honored with permission to 

 dedicate it to Her Majesty, the Queen of tlie 

 Belgians. The seed which produced the tree was 

 sown in 1827, in the nursery of the late Dr. Van 

 Mons, at Lourain, and showed its first specimens 

 of fruit in 18-13. In form anil size this i)ear 

 resembles the variety called "Bonne de Zees;" 

 it is of medium size, oblong, about three inches 

 in height, stalk quite stout, about an inch long, 

 planted in a slight cavity; calyx small, in a basin 

 of scarcely any depression; its divisions are short, 

 narrow, and slightly projecting; the skin is of a 

 fine bronzed green; the flesh is very white, fine 

 grained, ami very melting; its juice exceedingly 

 rich, (sucri super/in.) It must be rankcil among 

 the noblest of its kind. It ripens at the end of 

 October, and in the beginning of November. 



NouvEAU PoiTEAU. Bouvicr. — TJic sons of 

 Van Mons, says M. Bouvier, have favored my 

 proposal to dedicate this pear to the intimate 

 friend of their father, M. Poiteau, editor of the 

 Annals of the Royal Society of Horticulture, of 

 Paris. It originated likewise in tlie nursery of 

 the late Dr. Van Mons. The tree which produced 

 it was sown in 1827, and bore first in 18-13. The 

 fruit is nearly pyriform, about four inches high, 

 by two and three-fourths in diameter. The stalk 

 is striped crosswise, of a light orange color, three 

 fourths of an inch, or more, long; the fruit gradu- 

 ally tapers into it; calyx set without depression, 

 and having reflexcd segments; skin, at the time 

 of ripening, greenish, marbled and speckled with 

 red; flesh very buttery, melting and sugary; the 

 aroma of its juice resembles that of the " Beurri 

 Dore." Time of ripening, the beginning of No- 

 vember. The combination of qualities in this 

 pear, make it desirable to all amateurs. M. 

 Jamin, nurseryman. Rue de Buflon, Paris, has 

 obtained grafts of it, and will soon be able to 

 furnish trees to amateurs. — Journal d' Horticulture 

 de Belgique. 



Weeping Gleditsciiia. — M. Bujot, nnrsorym.-in 

 at Chateau Thierry, has discovereil a jihenomenon 

 so important that we hasten to maice it known to 

 horticulturists, — a weeping Gleditschia, of great 

 beauty. The branches, engrafted on the G. tria- 

 canthos, at the height of six to nine feet, almost 

 hide the graft, so much do they droop downwards. 

 The leaves are so delicate in form that one would 

 call it an Acacia from New Holland. M. Paillet, 

 who is every way competent to solve questions of 

 this nature, assured me that this tree jireserves its 

 leaves till very late in autumn. It is truly a fine 

 acquisition for picturesque gardens. It is sold 

 under the name of G. bujotie. It can be procured 

 at all seasons, for I have seen it in pots at M. 

 Paillefs. — 31. Vilmortn, in Revue Horticolc 



Preservation of Tomatoes. — The powder of 

 tomatoes, presented at the exhibition of the Royal 

 Society of Horticulture, of Paris, in July last, 

 reminded us of a mode of preservation pointed out 

 last year, by M. Vilmorin. We think we ought 

 to rejiort it here. "M. .lullien. President of the 

 Society of Agriculture of .Joignj', has pointed out 

 to us a mode of preserving tomatoes for several 

 months. It consists in gathering at a late period, 

 the fruit which has reached its full size, but which 

 is yet green. Leave eight or ten inches of the 

 stalk, and tic them in bunches of six or eight, 

 taking away most of the leaves. These bunches 

 are afterwards hung in an airy and dark j)lacc, 

 where they will keep all winter. When it is 

 required to use them, take the necessary number 

 of bunches and place them near the windows of a 

 living room. The fruit reddens and rijiens in a 

 few days. This method suggested to us ano- 

 ther, which will preserve them a shorter time, 

 but which may also have its use. Green tomatoes, 

 gathered the last of October, and set upon the 

 latticed shelves of a well lighted fruit room, 

 ripen there in succession; and at the moment 

 when we write, such tomatoes have sujiplied our 

 consumption for nearly six weeks. They are 

 deprived of their leaves, like the others, and eight 

 or ten inches orf stalk left upon them. — L. Vilmo- 

 rin, in Revue Horticolc. 



