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usual temperature kept up throughout I ure of tlie crop is inevitable. To secure 

 the period of forcing during the night ;' such a supply, it is a most effectual 

 durijig the day, I make up for low night ' treatment to give the border a top-dress- 

 temperature, when I have the chance, ing,at the close of February, of charred 

 by sun heat. Do not be fastidious about : turf. Liquid manure and water, of 

 a few degrees : to get it high enough is ] course, must !)e given also, as the dry- 

 the main point, say from 70'-' to So" and j ness of the soil and appearance of the 

 90"^, until the fruit is stoned, then keep '. trees indicate are necessary, 

 them very hot during the day, viz. from I Standards. — In Essex, I have grown 

 95° to 105'', and sometimes even as the peach successfully, both as a stand- 

 high as 110". Of course a great deal of ard and as an espalier, in a garden 

 moisture is required with this high tem- I sloping to the south, and well pro- 

 perature : syringe over head twice a tected from the east and strong wester- 

 day, and sometimes oftener when the i ly winds. 



air is dry, and you will scarcely ever be PEAR. Pyrits communis. Of this 

 troubled with either green fly or red i fruit four hundred and forty-two varie- 

 spider. Watering at the root must be ties are at present cultivated in the 

 carefully attended to-; very little is i Chiswick Gardens, and these with ma- 

 wanted until the trees get covered with ! ny more are described in the Horticul- 

 leaves; but after the fruit is stoned they ■ tural Society's Fruit Catalogue, 

 should be watered plentifully. Ofcourse | The subjoined list, taken from the 

 the watering must be gradually with-} catalogue ofD. Landreth and Fulton at 

 drawn as the fruit approaches maturity, ! the old Landreth nurseries comprises a 

 in order to increase their flavo&r." — selection of choice and approved varie- 

 Gai-d. Chron. ties, abstracted from the mass in cuitiva- 



When the blossoms are well open, tion, the larger number of which are 

 impregnation should be assisted by the only calculated to disappoint thosewho 



aid of a camel's hair pencil 



One essential for securing vigorous 

 production in the Peach-house is to 

 have the roots of the trees well nour- 

 ished. If these are not duly supplied 



rely on them — either by reason of the 

 inferiority of the fruit, or want of adap- 

 tation to our climate — the latter to a 

 very considerable extent; how else can 

 we account for the quality of their pro- 



with moisture and food during the time duct here, compared with their trans- 

 the fruit is setting and swelling, a fail- 1 atlantic character ? 



Explanation of Abbreviations. — Colour — g green ; y yellow ; rus russet; 

 r red ; b brown. Size — l large; m medium; s small. Form — obov obovate ; 

 pyr pyramidal.. 



Those marked * are of American origin. 



