0SBAND*3 BUMMEK I'KAi: 



vatod Kelumbiu/n speciosum and Nyviphoea caruha. In this country, he at one time 

 devoted a great deal of attention to New Holland ])lanls, and liad a very large collec- 

 tion of tlieni, such as Acacias, Banksias, Metrosideros, £ucahjj)tu.% Melaleucas, <tc. ; 

 also with Pelargoniums, the new varieties of which, as already stated, he was the fii-st 

 to introduce into the countrj- ; and for a number of years he imported, at considerable 

 cost, the choicest varieties. To the Cactacea?, also, he at one time devoted much 

 attention, and some ten years ago he had one of the choicest collections in the United 

 States. Of later years. Orchids engrossed more of his attention. Of shrubs and her- 

 baceous plants he was particularly fond ; and these, with aquatics, always occupied a 

 large share of his attention. 



In his personal habits, Mr. Hogg was remarkable for the simplicity of his manners, 

 liis devotedness to his profession, and the especial love he had for nature. Plants more 

 particularly were the objects of his affection, if we may so speak. He loved them for 

 their own sake, and not for any lower motive. From early life a devoted Christian, 

 always surrounded by those objects to which his tastes had caused liim to devote him- 

 self, and with which he was, as it were, always communing, he troubled himself but 

 little about the cares of the world. Leading a life of simplicity, without ambition, he 

 pursued tlie even tenor of his way until he was suddenly called away, being stricken 

 with cholera, Avhich, although speedily arrested, so weakened him that his constitution, 

 enfeebled by his advanced yeare, was unable to resist the shock it had received. 



THE OSBAND'S SUMMER TEAR.* 



Syxoxttjjs : Osband's Favorite, Summer Virgalieu. 



The OshaiKTs Summer is one of the most beautiful of all our American Summer 

 Pears. Until about the year 1846 it was known only to a few persons in Wayne and 

 Monroe counties of this State, but about that time it was brought to notice through 

 the Horticulturist by Mr. Wm. R. Smith, then of Macedon, who stated the histor}^ of 

 its origin to be as follows : 



"Early in the settlement of this part of the State, a small nursery was planted by Par- 

 don DcRFEE, in the vicinity of Palmyra, "Wayne county. A public road was subsequently 

 laid out through the premises, and a part of the trees in consequence removed. During 

 this labor, the father of my informant, accidentally passing, was accosted by the proprietor 

 with, "Here, I will give you this," handing a Pear tree about two feet in height, with 

 branches forking out near the ground. On reaching home, the tree was divided through 

 the roots, and the two parts planted. Here one of them produced abundant crops for 

 many years, and finally died, probably from the 'blight.' The other was soon removed to 

 a farm ia the north part of this town (Macedon), and last year I gathered a few specimens 

 trom it, the last which the same potent enemy will allow it to produce. The name given 

 is at the suggestion of the family who brought it into notice." 



Thus it will be seen that, like most all our seedling fruits, it sprung up by accident, 

 many points of resemblance with the White Doyenne, in forai, color, and 



* See frontispiece. 



