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Some remarkably fine Bartletts, and liandsome 

 H})ocimeTis of other varieties, having attracted atten- 

 tion, tliey were found to have been raised by a bhick- 

 sniirh of Xewtown, Long Lshmd, from trees that 

 received tlie refuse of his forge. 



At tlie Exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, 1857, Avhicli was pronounced by Eui-opeans 

 superior in its show of pears to any which could be 

 made in Europe, the collection of Mr. Bacon was 

 awarded the highest premium for the ten best varieties. 

 These pears, the most beautiful in color, regular in 

 shape, and the largest in size of their respective vari- 

 eties, were grown over a salt marsh which had been 

 tilled three or four feet. I ascertained, on inquiry, that 

 several other gardens, which occupied similar posi- 

 tions, were remarkable for the line pears grown upon 

 them. Tlie Napoleon, Soldat Laboureur, and other 

 new varieties, that have generally proved but second- 

 rate, have been produced of the very highest quality, 

 when the trees liad been liberally treated to super- 

 phosphate of lime. 



Dr. LiNDLEY, author of a treatise on "Vegetable 

 Physiology," and a nurseryman of great experience in 

 England, strongly recommends the use. of superphos- 

 phate of lime for newly-planted trees, as it excites the 

 rapid formation of fibrous roots, and thus provides for 

 supplying tlie great jvaste of fluids, which is carried 

 on with such rapidity from the leaves and branches. 



These facts, even if they teach us nothing positive, 

 certainly indicate the direction in which our invest- 

 igations should be pursued. 



