doten^t: D' ete peae. 



constant care, or they soon become unsightly ; they need a constant succession of 

 flowering plants, to keep up a display. The culture of flowers along borders and among 

 trees, is never successful or satisfactory. They must have a place allotted to them- 

 selves, where they can be tastefully grouped and receive proper attention. A very 

 important point is the selection of suitable trees for small gardens. We very often 

 see trees of the largest class planted where there is no room for them, simply because 

 such trees are planted in every garden. The little front gardens of street houses in 

 some of the English towns delight erery one who sees them, by the appropriateness 

 of their arrangement and ornaments. A spot of bright green lawn, garnished with 

 two or three Laurels or Rhododendrons, and some climbing Roses or Iloneysuckles 

 around the windows, and these all glittering with high polish, like a new coin from 

 the mint — no cutting up into all manner of misshaped beds and borders, no entangled 

 masses of trees and plants. We hope this matter matter vrill be considered, for a 

 reform is greatly needed. We shall have more to say on the subject hereafter. 



DOYENNE D' ETE PEAR.* 



This variety, of which we give a portrait in the present number, is undoubtedly one 

 of the best, if not the best, early pear we have. We consider it quite superior to the 

 Madelaine, which ripens at the same time. It is one of Vax Mons' seedlings, we are 

 told in the new Annales de Pomologie of 

 Belgium, mentioned in his catalogue of 

 1823, and one of the invoice of 320 varie- 

 ties of pears sent in 1833 to M. Poiteau; 

 and he described it in the Annals of the 

 Hort. Society of Paris in 1834. 



Fruit — small, roundish, slightly turbi- 

 nate, and very regular. Stalk — an inch 

 to an inch and a half long, pretty stout. 

 Calyx — small, open, in a very shallow 

 basin. Skin — greenish-yellow, with a 

 brownish-red and sometimes a bright red 

 cheek — very beautiful. Flesh — yellowish- 

 white, melting, juicy, sweet, and slightly 

 musky. Should be gathered a few days 

 or a week before ripe. The tree is an up- 

 rio-ht, vigorous grower, with moderately doyenne d' ete peak. 



stout, grayish-brown shoots, thinly sprinkled with drab dots. It is very productive, 

 and bears early both on pear and quince. On the latter stock it bears so profusely, 

 like the Bartlett, as to need close pruning and high culture to sustain its vigor. 



♦ See Frontispiece. 



