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attention, and devotes all his leisure time, to the cultivation 

 of this fruit. 



Pomological Garden of JYIr. JManning. — We were much 

 gratified with a visit to this fine collection of fruit. We re- 

 gret to state that Mr. Manning's health is exceedingly feehle; 

 so much so that he is confined to the house, except in very 

 pleasant weather. This must be a great privation to one so 

 fond of gardening pursuits, and usually spending a larger por- 

 tion of his time in his garden. 



The crop of pears is abundant, and the variety of kinds in 

 bearing much larger than heretofore; it was impossible for us 

 to take down the names of all the new sorts, as the trees are 

 so scattered that it would have occupied too much time, Mr. 

 Manning not being able to accompany us. All that have not 

 fruited in former years he will give us an account of, which 

 will appear in the early part of our next volume. The whole 

 of Mr. Manning's nursery is in very good order. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Foreign Notices. 



ENGLAND. 



Exhibition of the London Horticidluval Society for June, 1842. — 

 In our last we gave an account of the May exhibition of this society. 

 As splendid as it must have been, yet it was greatly eclipsed by the 

 June show. The weather had been warm and oppressive in the ex- 

 treme, and the roads from London to Turnham Green were filled 

 with clouds of dust, notwithstanding they had been watered. The 

 line of vehicles was five miles long, and the carriages in waiting 

 choked the road from Hammersmith broadway to Kew bridge, 

 Cheswick, and stood on the Green. " Never before," says the Gar- 

 dener^s Chronicle, "did the good people of Turnham Green behold 

 such a scene as was ])resented last Saturday to their astonished eyes. 

 As early as four o'clock in the morning, the notes of prejtaration 

 for the Horticultural Society's exhibition were sounded by the car- 

 penters employed in erecting awnings, and completing the arrange- 

 ments at the gates. Then succeeded great numliers of carts, wag- 

 gons, vans, and other vehicles, bringing multitudes of the finest flow- 

 ers in the world to the show: but by half past eight in the morning 

 all had ceased, and it was only the early risers who knew that the 



