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not yet fruited — that is the true Monarch. Some two or three 

 spurious varieties sold under this name, have borne a few pears, 

 sufficient to decide their utter worthlessness, and it yet re- 

 mains a matter of doubt, whether the true variety has been 

 introduced. We have reason to beheve, that it has not, only 

 in one or two instances, and that nearly all the trees which 

 have been disseminated are incorrect. Our principal reasons 

 are, that the trees sold for the Monarch, are of weak and slen- 

 der growth, straggling habit, and with dark-colored wood. 

 Now it will be noted that Mr. Knight says it is of " excessively 

 vigorous growth," so much so, that he feared it would "ren- 

 der it unproductive ; but grafts inserted three years are now 

 bearing fruit, and have formed abundant blossoms for next 

 year." Mr. Thompson states that the true Monarch may be 

 known from the spurious one, by its " yellowish wood." 

 These characteristics at once settle the question, that those trees 

 with small wood and slender growth and dark-colored shoots, 

 are not true. 



We saw the tree in bearing in the society's garden ; and 

 from a nursery within three miles of Chiswick, we pur- 

 chased trees, grown from scions received from Mr. Thompson : 

 and they correspond in every particular with Messrs. Knight's 

 and Thompson's descriptions. The trees are exceedingly vig- 

 orous, of upright habit, and with yellow or pale yellowish 

 olive- colored wood : They will, we hope, produce a few speci- 

 mens this year, when we trust we may have the opportunity 

 to show a pear, whose reputation ranks so high, but which, 

 from a series of errors originating with Mr. Knight's gardener, 

 has for so long time remained unknown to cultivators. 



Art. III. A Way to keep a Record of the Place of every Tree 

 in an Orchard, by which Labels are dispensed with. By T. 

 S. HuMRicKHOusE, Coshoctou, Ohio. 



Having observed that much has been lately said about la- 

 bels for fruit trees, 1 send you herewith a map or plot of a 

 section of my experimental orchard on Whiteyes Creek in Co- 

 shocton County, Ohio, comprising about the one fourth of it, 



