Fruit Room of J. Moorman, Esq., London. 15 



by Gervase Wheeler, which will be noticed in our next. A 

 new edition of Dr. Dana's Muck Manual. And of periodi- 

 cal Works, the Wesfer?i Horticultural Revieic, published at 

 Cincinnati, by Dr. Warder, and the American Pomologist, by 

 Dr. Brinckle. The ^rs^ volume of our Fruits of America, 

 containing forty-eight splendid plates, has been completed, 

 and the first number of the second volume published. 



Obituary. 



In addition to the name of Gen. Dearborn, whose death has 

 been noticed at page 428, we have now to name those of three 

 of the most prominent writers on agriculture. Gov. Hill, of 

 New Hampshire, editor of the Far-mer^s Visiter ; J. S. Skin- 

 ner, Esq., editor of the Plough, Loom and Anvil, and S. 

 W. Cole, editor of the New England Farmer, who died 

 but a week or ten days before our present number went to 

 press. The loss of these gentlemen will be severely felt by 

 the agricultural community, as the journals which they re- 

 spectively edited had a great circulation, and their merit was 

 mainly owing to the known ability, talents and energy of 

 their editors. 



Art. II. Description and Plans of the Fruit Room of Jos, 

 Moorman, Esq., London. By Robert Thompson. 



One of the most interesting subjects at the present mo- 

 ment, to fruit cultivators, is the preservation and ripening of 

 early and late winter pears. A great many methods have 

 from time to time been described, and laid before the public, 

 but either from a want of a knowledge of the proper means 

 of carrying out the views of the authors of these methods, 

 or from the incompetency of them to accomplish what has 

 been claimed, they have generally failed to give satisfaction, 

 and have not been generally adopted by cultivators, M. 

 Victor Pacquet, of Paris, has devoted much time to the pres- 

 ervation of apples and pears, and has published a small trea- 



