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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
noon pe made by hap-hazard, and that he 
mmenced by hybridising with intention. 
I еф ате to put in А claim for the y desi 
A 
former President oa the Society, Thomas 
5 „ОЁ седепсе in having long : 
been hybridising with intention. In proof, I have 
forwarded to yo те thes pears of his seed- 
lings, which uest you to place before the нў 
meeting of the Committee a Coel, -= = м 
ider the MM o of which I s 
5 an admirable pear for this de of 
the year. I also forward a Doni of the Ross Pear; 
many. 
m I was much indebted for 
s, and тү. == 
wrote to me as follows in 
Extracts гот Mr. тс letter, cape 
uk t to Mc deed I wish to state the 
result of some very su l experiments which I 
have fats upon a fruit that ds admirably in 
our climate—the pe: У few varieties 
re of second-rate ts, and one very fine one 
the pones, not - "dre autumn Bergam 
а worn-out variety by age, which wit no 
бн grow with us 
"I thought it probable, upon the evidence Ж 
similar experim 
rd . About 
half of these, at the end of ры, years ome 
the seeds bei 
more sim ndantly th eider apples— 
во abundantly that I have Sante largely the 
finest boim for the press, for perry 
3th of TS d dete М, Knight thus 
‚ Pengethley. Seaso ebruary and 
March, oo at present, ” (Mr. Къум date 13th 
March) “in perfect The f uit is large, and 
the trees very productive.’ 
à tabs this is an Ре реагег, 
ucing clusters of fruit, whi — : ri oron Ея 
thinn “я РЕ 
in order F have them of a larg 
: If any member he Society would like Fi have 
grafts e either "y о shall have great 
- in forwardin tha 
‚ dea 
ear Sir, yours very faithfully, 
J. Le Coureur, Col, 
LOW Member, 
: Yin Suc ковка, Esq, є 
| 
Exrracr FROM Lerrer FROM Mr. Jous Wiis. 
Mr, John ice Le ag ч э Р. бтеу аз, 
Oulton Par orley, — Count 
ice) in tine ‘their Pata s by. ^il for ruben D 
em 
K 
rei at when in ate 
Floral Committees ; this would give 
intry some little chan 
ts 
ived а lst, же ог 
16 тесе 
certificate i in 1861: that plant is scareely to iv 
ga 
n June and July 1862—searéely any one grow? 
ба. rating by reason ү, their urs poni and кле. 
habit. The у look very агас por 
к, under glass but as bedding plants they 
useles 
- Obituary. 
Tux Society has to record 4 M loss by 
— of е undermentioned Fe 
th January.—T 
in 
taining all the чач offices, and th 
have reason to tha. ak him for is 
tion to their dos col He was patro 
livings, 
tenant 
atten- 
of M 
