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I have thus given a general statement, without entering 

 into particularities. As might be expected in this sunny 

 clime, few plant houses are required. There is one house 

 about forty feet long by eighteen wide at this place, chiefly 

 occupied with Pelargoniums, Geraniums and Cacti, with a 

 small variety of stove and greenhouse plants. The Pelargo- 

 niums do very well, generally blooming in April. The Cacti 

 luxuriate in their wonted element. I have had seven blooms 

 of the Night Blooming Cereus open the same night and on 

 the same plant. During winter we have heat enough to 

 keep the stove plants alive ; during summer most of them 

 become border plants and do well. I do not know if I can 

 say anything further on this part of our garden that would 

 be of any general interest. I may at some future period recur 

 to the orchard, and state wherein we have failed in not pro- 

 ducing better results. 



THE NONPARIELPEAR. 



BY P. B. MEAD, N. Y. 



We present below a description of a seedling pear, raised 

 by Judge Livingston of New York, and sent to us for exam- 



7. THE NONPARIEL PEAR. 



ination and a name. It is evidently a seedling from the 

 Seckel. Its small size will be regarded by many as a great 



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