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and diseased limbsjwhile for several feet they have already perished; and 

 to complete the natural evils, the trees arc pruned up, some five or six 

 feet, which not only renders them unsightly, but is giving the blow of 

 death, when long life is the desirable attainment. 



The best time to transplant all the evergreen trees is later than that 

 for the deciduous, and is just before they commence vegetation, — at the 

 moment they make the first effort to open their leaf buds. They should 

 not be oyer five or six feet in height; it will be best, in all cases, to set 

 them twice as near as they may be required ultimately. So doul)tful is 

 their life the first season; and if more live than are required for the 

 ground, they can be transplanted to other places; for when they have 

 grown two or three years, after the first taking up they can be transplant- 

 ed with greater certainty of life. (Extracts from Gen. Dearborn's Let- 

 ters to the Bangor ^Ornamental Tree Society, in the Mechanic and 

 Farmer. ) 



New native Pears. — At a late meeting of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, the President read a letter from John Prince, Esq. respect- 

 ing several new native pears, some account of which is given in an ad- 

 dress delivered before the Horticultural Society of New-Haven, by 

 Prof. Ives. The following is the letter alluded to: — 



"In the past winter some unknown person (to me) sent me a pam- 

 phlet, containing extracts from an address by Professor Eli Ives, of New 

 Haven, before their jHorticultural Society in October last, which gives 

 notice of many different sorts of pears, (all natives there,) particularly in 

 the garden of Gov. Edwards; I had, three years past, a report of them, 

 but being confirmed j^from such a source as Professor Ives, of their fine 

 quality, induced me, although an entire stranger, to write him on the 

 subject, and ask him to procure and send me a few scions particularly 

 of fine winter table fruit; early this week I received some in fine order; 

 and to make a greater certainty of succeeding in cultivating them, after 

 having engrafted only one head of each sort, I send the residue to you, 

 cither to make use of yourself or for dissemination where you think 

 they will best be taken care of. 



" The following were the kinds sent: — John pear, Cantelope, Henri- 

 etta, Citron, William, Edwards, Punderson. 



" I fear they are mostly autumn fruit; they are not all labelled as to sea- 

 son, and therefore, possibly, some may be winter fruit. — Yours, John 

 Prince, Jamaica Plains, May 11, 1838." 



In our pomological notices, next season, we shall endeavor to notice 

 these varieties, and ascertain something respecting their real qualities. 

 It has been already stated (vol. III. p. 327,) that t)r. Ives has raised a 

 seedling pear of considerable excellence. — Ed. 



Mr. Wilder's collection of Plants. — We are informed that Mr. Wil- 

 der is about disposing of his very fine and rare collection of plants, (par- 

 ticularly of camellias,) to the subscribers — or the trustees of the corpo- 

 ration, when it shall have been formed — to the public garden, which is now 

 under contemplation, and of which we made mention in our last. What 

 could induce Mr. Wilder to consent to dispose of his plants we are not 

 informed; but we presume the collection has become so extensive that 

 it requires great labor and unremitted attention to keep it in order, and, 

 consequently, an annual expenditure of a considerable amount. We 

 hope, however, that it is not Mr. Wilder's intention to give up garden- 

 ing pursuits entirely; he has been a very zealous promoter of its cause 

 and devoted to the collection of rare things — and we should regret to 

 lose his assistance, which has been exerted in no small degree in spread- 

 ing a taste for flowers and plants. To the garden under contemplation 

 this collection will, however, be invaluable, and it vvill enable them at 

 once, should they erect a green-house or conservatory of large dimea- 



