1851. 



THE GEiNESEE FARMER. 



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siderable attention, and foreig^n jj^rapes 

 that could only be seen in tJio graper- 

 ies of a few wealthy men around Bos- 

 ton, are now exhibited in all our exhi- 

 bitions. In a few years, from present 

 appearances, a cold vinery will be con- 

 sidered an indispensable appendage to 

 the fruit garden, and many, even in 

 towns and cities, who have no gar- 

 dens, will endeavor to enjoy the luxu- 

 ry of a grapery. Cemetries and town 

 parks are attracting attention, and as 

 taste becomes more genei'al, and ex- 

 amples multiply, every town and vi-l^ 

 lage in the land will have its rural 

 cemctry, well planted and embellished, 

 and its public park and avenues. We 

 are approaching this state of things 

 rapidly ; every day*brings forth new 

 evidences of advancing civilization. 



We took up our pen to write an ar- 

 ticle on a very different subject to this, 

 but the closing number of the year 

 brought up this train of thought and 

 awakened these suggestions on the 

 progress we are making. We point 

 to them with great pleasure, for we 

 hold that the advancement of horticul- 

 ture amongst a people is a much 

 stronger evidence of a noble and re- 

 fined civilization than the construction 

 of either raih'oads or telegraphs. — 

 Men may be barbarians to all intents 

 and purposes, and yet conduct the ma- 

 chinery of commerce with great skill 

 and success ; but when we see the 

 homes made comfortable and beauti- 

 ful, fruit and flowers clustered around 

 them, cemetries for the dead tastefully 

 laid out and embellished, and public 

 parks and promenades looked upon as 

 indispensable, we cannot escape the 

 conviction that the public mind is impressed with a 

 deep sense of the beautiful and the good. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW PEARS. 



BY B. DESPORTKS, AKGER«, FRANCE. 



During our journey in Europe we spent a couple of 

 very pleasant days with Mr. Andre Le Ror, of An- 

 gers, proi)rietor of one of the largest and most cele- 

 brated nurseries of Europe. We were not only well 

 pleased with the great establishment and the system 

 of culture pursued in it, but with the great kindness 

 shown us during our stay, both by M. Le Roy and 

 his accomplished assistant, M. Desportes, who paid 

 us a visit in this country a few years ago. Mr. D. 

 promised us an account, from time to time, of such 

 novelties as might be interesting to us here, and as 

 a first instalment has kindly sent the following : 



1. Beurre Milet of JlngersToar. — Fruit large, 

 regular, obtusely turbinate, resembling the Summer 

 Franc real or Bergamot (T Ete. Skin greenish yel- 

 low, covered with russet dots. Flesh buttery, melt- 

 ing, juicy. Quality first rate, deserving of extensive 

 cultivation. Tree vigorous and pyramidal in shape. 

 Originated in the Society's Garden at Angers. No- 

 vember to January. 



2. Foiidanle du Cornice of Angers. — Tree of 



medium size, branches slender and spreading. Fruit 

 very large, pyriform. Skin pale greenish yellow, 

 shaded. Flesh yellowish white, melting, very juicy 

 and aromatic. First rate. October and November. 

 Raised in the garden of the Society at Angers. 



The Rose garden of the Royal Botanic Society in 

 the Regent's-park, notwithstanding the unfavorable 

 opinions of some well-meaning but mistaken critics, 

 continues to form a very agreeable and attractive 

 feature of this institution. Owing to the beautiful 

 weather which has for a long time prevailed, the 

 plants have grown remarkably strong and healthy ; 

 and consequently many of the later sorts are now to 

 be seen to great advantage. The nakedness observ- 

 able in the early part of the season, owing to the 

 recent removal and replanting of the several collec- 

 tions, is now, after two or three months' luxuriant 

 growth, almost entirely concealed. This was, of 

 course, to be expected ; and judging from the pres- 

 ent healthy appearance of the plants, as well as the 

 profusion of bloom displayed, we think there is but 

 little to fear that this experiment will ultimately come 

 up to the expectation of the enterprising rose grow- 

 ers by whose combined exertions it has been begun. 

 Though now somewhat late in the season, the dis- 

 play of flowers in this department at the present time 

 is by no means insignificant. — Gard. and Far. Jour. 



