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importance, and also added the engravings and descriptions 

 of eighteen kinds of pears, besides several apples and plums. 

 The remarks of our correspondent, Mr. Manning, (p. 146,) 

 embrace all the new fruits proved by him in 1845, and we 

 have the promise of notes on such as have proved good the last 

 year. The Leon le Clerc, which in 184.5 created so much 

 attention, did not fruit so well last year, probably owing to 

 the hot summer ; in many places, it cracked badly ; but this 

 should not induce any one to discard it ; the experience of 

 several successive seasons should always be required before 

 deciding upon the merits of a new kind. The Dunmore has 

 fruited again ; but specimens from the President of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society, from a tree on the qumce 

 were not of so high a character as given by Mr. Thompson. 

 A definite opinion must be deferred to another year. The 

 true Monarch has not yet fruited, but it is hoped that speci- 

 mens will be produced this year ; trees received from various 

 sources in England since the identification of the true kind 

 by Mr. Thompson, have proved spurious. The following 

 kinds of pears have proved to be valuable varieties, posses- 

 sing qualities which entitle them to general cultivation : — 

 Henkel (Yan Mons), Van Assene, Doyenne Boussock, Dallas, 

 Doyenne gris d'Hiver Nouveau, Doyenne d'Ete, Knight's 

 seedling, McLaughlin, Elizabeth (Van Mons), Coter, Ananas 

 (of the French) Plumbgastel, Beurre d' Anjou,'Pratt, and some 

 others. Some new grapes have been lately added to our 

 already extensive list ; in a future page will be found a notice 

 of some of them by Mr. Allen, but we may name Wilmot's 

 Black Hamburgh, New Black Hamburgh No. 16, Muscat 

 Blanc Hatif, Cannon Hall muscat. Black Tripoli, Wortley 

 Hall Seedling, and Macready's Early white, as fine additions 

 to this excellent fruit. A favorable season for peaches has 

 also brought to notice some new seedlings which we shall 

 notice in the course of the volume. 



As connected with the culture of the grape, which is every 

 year rapidly extending, by means of cheap and appropriate 

 structures, we should not omit to call attention to the capital 

 article of Mr. Russell upon their management in the cold 

 house. He has touched the wliole ground, and, with mode- 

 rate judgment, no person can fail to produce a fair crop of 

 grapes, if his advice is followed. 



