PEAES. 



most charmingly graceful in its swaying, pendulous habit, as much so as the Weeping 

 Willow. 



[At our request Mr. Sargent has very kindly sent us the above notes on deciduous 

 trees and shrubs of comparatively recent introduction. To gentlemen who are set- 

 ting about improving their grounds, or extending their plantations, and are anxiously 

 inquiring what they should plant, this list will be of great service. We prefer the 

 opinion of an amateur in these matters, provided he have the requisite taste and expe- 

 rience to base an accurate judgment upon, because professional men recognise such 

 trifling distinctions, and are so prone, even honestly, to magnify any novelty of char- 

 acter, that their descriptions are seldom realized by the mass of cultivators. Two 

 Roses, for instance, that a professional Rose-grower would pronounce as dissimilar as 

 possible, would pass for one and the same thing with nine-tenths of the amateur culti- 

 vators. So it is in the peculiarities which characterize different species and varieties 

 of trees and shrubs. — Ed.] 



A CHAPTER ON PEARS. 



BY A. FAHNESTOCK, SYRACUSE. 



While the general complaint, during the past summer and fall, was of severe drouth, 

 all around us we were over-supplied with rain, having had a very wet season. The 

 ground on which our specimen trees are located, is rather low and flat, consequently 

 they have had an undue quantity of moisture, during the whole season, on account 

 of which the fruit on the trees were similarly affected ; that is, they contained a 

 superabundance of juice, and were not so fine in quality. This we easily detected 

 in the well-known fruits, such as Bartlett, Louise Bonne, &c. ; and the new fruits, as 

 well as nearly all others, partook of the same malady, (l) Therefore our specimens 

 of fruits, although well grown and handsome in appearance, did not come up to their 

 usual excellence ; and the quality in 1853, would not compare, generally, with that of 

 the same fruits in 1852. Some allowance, therefore, ought necessarily to be made for 

 those described from their fruiting the past season only. 



I will now notice some few misnomers in the trees received from Europe in 1850, 

 and which have been tested for the past three years. They came from the nursery of 

 Mr. Andre Leroy : 



Beurre (TAnjou has proved to be the Biown Bcurre. 



Beurre cfAnjou Gris is identical with the above. 



Doijenne cVEte has borne nothing but fine Dutchess cle Bcrvi. 



Belle de Brusselles has proved to be much coarser, and far inferior to that vari- 

 ety, but not identified. 



We had twelve trees of each of the above described fruits, each and all proving to 

 rong, as stated. 

 gnoret. — Tbis Pear has fruited twice with us ; resembles the Belle Lucrati 



