GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS FOR EARLY WINTER BLOOMING. 



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by amateurs and fruit growers. We be- 

 lieve it will be found one of the few real 

 acquisitions among the new European pears 

 of the last few years introduction. We 

 introduce the foregoing outline and the 

 following description to enable pomologists 

 to assist us in determining the true name. 

 It may be that Ananas d^ete (literally, sum- 

 mer pine-apple,) is correct, and that Thomp- 

 son is in error in describing this pear.* 



Fruit large, obtuse pyriform ; skin very 

 fair and smooth, of a beautiful clear yel- 



low, marked with numerous small dots, and 

 often with a blush on the side exposed to 

 the sun ; stalk strong and remarkably 

 fleshy, from one to two inches long, rather 

 obliquely inserted in a very shallow cavity, 

 or without one ; calyx with short segments 

 half closed, set in a narrow, but rather 

 shallow basin, which is slightly irregular ; 

 core small, considerably filled up; flesh 

 white, fine-grained, firmer than that of the 

 Bartlett, but of rich, sweet, and excellent 

 flavor. Ripens at the middle of August. 



SELECT LIST OF GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS FOR EARLT liVIRTER BLOOMING. 



BY R. BUIST, PHILADELPHIA. 



[Several of our correspondents having de- 

 sired information, regarding green-house 

 plants that bloom in the early winter 

 months, — a season when flowers are par- 

 ticularly scarce and desirable, we lay be- 

 fore them the following list, carefully pre- 

 pared by Mr. Buist, so well known for his 

 skill as an exotic florist. Ed.] 



Dear Sir : I subjoin you a list of plants, 

 according to your request, that will all 

 bloom, under ordinary culture in a good 

 green-house, from October to January. 



You have selected the most dormant sea- 

 son of Flora's kingdom for culling your 

 bouquets. To supply any deficiency, art 

 brings into operation some of the choicest 

 annuals, such as Schizanthvs, Ten-week 

 Slocks, Escholtzia, Iberis, Mig7ionette, with 

 an ample supply of Scarlet Salvia. 



You have excluded the hot-house, which 

 affords, at that season, more gayety in dis- 

 playing the gorgeous Euphorbias, Justicias, 

 Passifloras, AUaraandas, Bignonias, Hibis- 

 cus, &e. 



* It is proper to remark that the pear usually received 

 from the French nurseries, under the name Ajianas, has 

 ptQveA Jo be synonymous witli Henry the 4i!3. 



Many of the Azaleas, too, by a little ar- 

 tificial heat, are in bloom about Christmas. 

 So are the Cinerarias and several other 

 articles brought successively into bloom 

 during the whole winter. I am, dear sir, 

 yours most truly, R. Bulst. 



Philadelphia, Oct. 16; 1848. 



Abutilon striatum, orange coloured. 



venosum, brown and orange coloured. 

 .Acacia intermedia, yellow. 



saligna, yellow. 

 Bouvardia triphylla, scarlet. 

 Begonia incarnati, flesh-coloured. 

 Cactus efiphyllum truneatum, red and white. 



epiphTjllum truneatum violaceum, violet 

 and white. 

 Camellia alba plena, white. 



imbricnta, crimson and white, ") 



; 



fimbriata, white, 



Jeffersonii, rosy crimson, 



Sarah Frost, crimson, 



cundadissima, white, 



americana, blush, 



Feastii, white and rose , 



Fordii, rose pink, 

 Jrancofortensis , crimson, 



incomati, pale blush, 



Landrethii, rose, 



Washington, Gunnell's, crim-j 



I Early 

 I bloomijjsr. 



[son, 



Late 

 flower- 

 ing. 



