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as if fresh from the tree. The tree has a pryamidal habit, 

 and is vigorous and productive. 



Size, large, about three inches and a half long, and three 

 and a half in diameter ; Form, obtuse pyramidal, regular, 

 largest in the middle, rounding off to the crown, and taper- 

 ing to the stem ; Skin, fair, smooth, pale yellow, russeted 

 around the stem, and dotted with small russet specks ; Stem, 

 short, about half an inch long, stout, straight, and obliquely 

 inserted, with scarcely any cavity ; Eye, medium size, open 

 and deeply sunk in a rather large, open, regularly formed 

 basin ; segments of the calyx, short ; Flesh, yellowish, very 

 melting, buttery and juicy ; Flavor, rich, sugary, agreeably 

 perfumed, and delicious ; Core, large ; Seeds, small, dark. 

 Ripe in October and November. 



Art. IV. The Flower Garden: On the Pj'inciples of 

 Grouping Colors. By H. Bock. 



" A garden is a work of art, using the materials of nature." 



The grand object to be attained in the formation of a flower 

 garden, is to produce something that shall be pleasing to the 

 mind, and therefore it must be beautiful and interesting. Its 

 interest may consist in the variety and number of sorts of 

 plants it contains ; the individual beauty of each ; their asso- 

 ciations, their relations and affinities to each other ; their 

 progressive growth and ultimate maturity ; and above all, 

 their capabilities of adaptation to the desired end. 



The principles of Beauty have been defined to consist of 

 Utility, Interest and Unity ; these principles include conven- 

 ience, order, neatness, and everything that conduces to the 

 purpose intended. 



To accord with the principles of Utility and Interest, each 

 of the materials employed in any composition must show 

 clearly its adaptation to the end in view ; for however pleas- 

 ing and beautiful a thing may be in itself, if placed in a 



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