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means. You will find her, in the morning, 

 either on horseback or driving a light car- 

 riage with a pair of spirited horses. She 

 explores every corner of the estate ; she 

 visits her tenants, examines the crops, pro- 

 jects improvements, directs repairs, and is 

 thoroughly mistress of her whole demesne. 

 Her mansion opens into the most exquisite 

 garden of flowers and fruits, every one of 

 which she knows by heart. And yet this 

 lady, so energetic and spirited in her en- 

 joyment and management in out-of-door 

 matters, is, in the drawing-room, ihe most 

 gentle, the most retiring, the most refined 

 of her sex. 



A word or two more, and upon what ought 

 to be the most important argument of all. 

 Exercise, fresh air, health, — are they not 

 almost synonymous ? The exquisite bloom 

 on the cheeks of American girls, fades, 

 in the matron, much sooner here than in 

 England, — not alone because of the soft- 

 ness of the English climate, as many sup- 

 pose. It is because exercise, so necessary 

 to the maintenance of health, is so little a 



matter of habit and education here, and so 

 largely insisted upon in England ; and it is 

 because exercise, when taken here at all, 

 is taken too often as a matter of duty ; that 

 it is then only a lifeless duty, and has no 

 soul in it ; while the English woman, who 

 takes a living interest in her rural employ- 

 ments, inhales new life in every day's occu- 

 pation, and plants perpetual roses in her 

 cheeks, by the mere act of planting them 

 in her garden. 



*' But, Mr. Downing, think of the hot sun 

 in this country, and our complexions !" 



Yes, yes, we know it. But get up an 

 hour earlier, fair reader ; put on your broad- 

 est sun-bonnet, and your stoutest pair of 

 gloves, and try the problem of health, en- 

 joyment and beauty, before the sun gets 

 too ardent. A great deal may be done in 

 this way ; and after a while, if your heart 

 is in the right place for ruralities, you will 

 find the occupation so fascinating that you 

 will gradually find yourself able to enjoy 

 keenly what was at first only a very irk- 

 some sort of duty. 



DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES OP FIFTY RARE OR NEW PEARS. 

 BY ROBERT MANNING, SALEM, MASS. 



[We have much pleasure in publishing the 

 following notes, and in calling the attention 

 of poraologists and amateurs to them. Mr. 

 Manning's reputation as a pomologist is 

 well deserved ; for he unites enthusiastic 

 zeal, excellent judgment, and sterling 

 honesty, — qualities so rarely combined in 

 devotees to any art ; and he has the advan- 

 tage of the experience of two generations. 

 We have either tested in our own, or care- 

 fully noted in other gardens, many of the 

 sorts he notices, and our opinion accords 

 almost entirely with those expressed by 

 him. Ed.] 



1. Bergamotte Cadet t. — This pear has 

 been cultivated for some years as Beurr^ 

 Beauchamps ; but that name not^ having 

 been firmly established, it was thought best 

 to substitute for it the one at the head of 

 this notice, which is that adopted by the 

 London Horticultural Society. I wish now 

 to recommend a more extensive trial of it, 

 as I do not think it has been as much cul- 

 tivated as it deserves to be. It is rather 

 under middle size ; form roundish obo- 

 vate ; flavor very fine, sometimes excelling 

 the Winter Nelis. Ripe the early part of 

 winter. I do not notice the diversity in 



