y feet high. The other two were from a west wall. The trees 

 of these three sorts are twenty-four years old ; they are worked 

 on the pear stock, and are partially root-pruned every second or 

 third year. Partly to good cultivation, and partly to the natural 

 shelter of a sandstone ridge, 120 feet high, and the artificial 

 ly be attributed the great 

 ed at Dull'us House. The 



Mr. Paksons, who exhibited Winter NeUs in this class, stated 

 that the ground where Danesbury Gardens are situated is hilly, 

 and slopes to the south-east ; the top soil of the garden is light, 

 with a subsoil of loam and gravel to the depth of 2 feet, resting 

 on chalk. The specimens exhibited were from a vigorous tree 

 forty years old, trained against a wall 12 feet high. The young 

 wood is trained downwards, and thinned when it gets too thick. 

 The specimens produced under these circumstances were not so 

 rich as those of the same sort from Mr. Cex and Mr. Hill, 

 from trees on a south aspect, trained horizontally, and spur- 

 pruned. 



The Glou Morceau pears, from Mr. Spivey, were grown under 

 precisely the same circumstances as those already detailed with 

 reference to his Passe Colmar. The specimens exhibited were 

 large and handsome ; but the flavour was not so rich as that of 

 the same kind from Mr. Hall. 



JosiAH Moor:vian, Esq., exhibited very large finely-grown 

 specimens of Marie Louise from his garden at Bexhill, on the 

 coast of Sussex, about half a mile from the sea, towards which it 

 gradually slopes in a south-west direction. It is much exposed to 

 Bouth and south-west winds. The annual fall of rain has been 

 much below the average. The soil where the tree grows is light 

 loam, 8 feet deep ; the subsoil clay, naturally rather dry. The 

 tree is against a wall, about 20 feet high, with a south-west 

 aspect. It is about twenty years old and vigorous, on the pear stock. 

 The branches are trained horizontally, and pruned in the usual 

 ^ay. Late spring frosts destroyed nearly all the crop. The 

 season in that locality was very hot and dry. Mr. Mookman has 

 for many years produced exceedingly fine specimens of the best 

 kinds of pears ; and probably no one has ever succeeded ao well as 

 he has done, in keeping them in excellent condition long after 

 their usual period of ripening. In some previous seasons he has 

 exhibited Marie Louise in good perfection even after Christmas. 



