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vate pear, tapering both to the eye and 

 stem, very productive, and excellent for 

 cooking. Wiater. Its shape not being at 

 all like that of a calabash, has created some 

 suspicion that it may be incorrect. It was 

 received from M. De Wael. 



42. Fatitasie Van Mons. — Worthless. 



43. Bruno de Bosco. — Worthless. 



44. Hampden^s Bergamot. — Often very 

 large and handsome ; skin smooth and yel- 

 low. I have tasted specimens which I 

 thought as good as the Bartlett. First half 

 of September. 



45. Citron of Bohemia. — I think this has 

 been overrated. It is a breaking pear, ripe 

 the first part of September, and is certainly 

 inferior to others of that season. 



46. Marulis. — A Belgian fruit ; a strong 

 grower, very productive, high flavored, and 

 high coloured, but rather small and dry. 

 August and September. 



47. Johomwt. — Exceedingly rich ; in fla- 

 vor and appearance resembling the Brown 

 Beurrj, from which it was not improbably 

 raised. I do not know of anything sur- 

 passing it in flavor. Ripe here in Septem- 

 ber. 



48. Angleierre of NoistUe. — Very dis- 

 tinct from the Beurre d'Angleterr.' . A large 

 roundish pear, of a dark green colour, with 

 a dark brownish red cheek. I do not con- 

 sider it yet fully proved ; but so far as it is, 

 it does not appear worthy of propagation. 

 Further trial may develope some valuable 

 properties, either as a cooking or dessert 

 fruit. 



49. Jalousie de Fonttnay Fendte. — Pro- 

 ductive, and very fine flavored. 



50. St. Andre. — Very delicious ; wood 

 somewhat apt to canker. 



Robert Manning. 



Pomological Garden, Salem, March, 1849- 



CHICAGO, HGRTICULTURALLY. 



BY J. A. WIGHT, CHICAGO, ILL. 



In estimating the advantages and disadvan- 

 tages of our city, — Chicago, and its imme- 

 diate vicinity, for horticultural purposes, it 

 is necessary to put forth in the beginning 

 a word of caution ; that is, that this spot 

 must not be compared to any other part of 

 the western country, or supposed to furnish 

 any index to the character of any other 

 part ; for, so far as I know, it is a complete 

 exception to all the rest. This would not 

 be thought strange in the eastern states, 

 where the distance of a [ew miles com- 

 pletely changes the face of the country. 

 Why should it here? And yet, eastern 

 people are in the habit of talking about 

 "the west," as though it was some ten 

 cornered potato patch, not a whit bigger 

 than Rhode Island ; as though a description 



of one part must answer for all. The west 

 now extends from Lake Superior to the 

 Gulf of Mexico, and sweeps on from what- 

 ever line eastward, you please, to the 

 Pacific. Can there be any such thing as 

 homogeneousness then ? It is true, that 

 changes in climate and surface are much 

 less frequent in this, than in the eastern 

 regions ; but they must nevertheless occur. 

 Chicago and its vicinity embrace a tract 

 of land, lying along the lake shore, from a 

 point about twelve miles north of the city, 

 and southward from it as many more, and 

 about twelve miles in width ; consisting, 

 for the most part, of a flat prairie, elevated 

 from seven to twelve feet above the waters 

 of the lake ; and rising, as you proceed 

 westward, at the rate of one foot per mile. 



