388 List of Pears which succeed on tlie Quince. 



I raised about forty plants, and they were of all the shades 

 of red, from nearly white to crimson, and each had the dark 

 spot of the white kind. 



No one is more disposed to commend the meritorious efforts 

 which our nurserymen and numerous amateurs have made, 

 to multiply our varieties of fruit and ornamental and useful 

 trees and plants, by importations from all parts of the globe, 

 for they are entitled to the gratitude of their countrymen. 

 Still, it is very desirable that all our native species, which 

 are worthy of culture, should claim at least equal attention, 

 and I think the first ; for how peculiar and extraordinary 

 would be considered a visit of an American to Europe, for 

 the purpose of beholding the lakes of Switzerland and Scot- 

 land, the Rhine, the Rhone, and the Danube, and the cas- 

 cades of Italy, before he had traversed our own inland seas, 

 and the majestic rivers, Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri, and 

 stood on the brink of the thundering cataract of Niagara. 



Let us first look at home, and direct our attention to the 

 beautiful, the grand, and the valuable, and endeavor to pro- 

 cure afterwards whatever may be found better or useful in 

 other regions of the earth. 



Hawthorn Cottage^ Roxbury^ August 23, 1849. 



No individual in this country is so well acquainted with 

 the merits of our native trees, shrubs, and plants, as adapted 

 to ornamental planting, as Gen. Dearborn. He has seen and 

 studied them in every locality, and we only hope he will 

 continue to give our readers a further account of these native 

 trees, of which the few he has named only form a small por- 

 tion, which deserve to form a prominent feature in every 

 ornamental plantation. — Ed. 



Art. II. List of American and Foreign Varieties of Pears 

 which succeed on the Quince. By W. Reid, EHzabethtown 

 Nursery, N. J. 



Dear Sir, — A remark made at the Fruit Convention, held 

 at the city of New York, last October, by one of our leading 



