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Cincinnati have resolved to cooperate with thorn as much 

 as possible in this respect, in a matter in which they and 

 the other Societies of America have been laboring for some 

 years. The first session was held at Lyons in Sej)tember 

 last (1856), and it may be interesting, here, to enumerate 

 the number and kinds of pears admitted into cultivation. 

 There were sixtj^-three for standards and dwarfs, seven 

 especially for espaliers (a common mode for gardens 

 in Europe), eight varieties for the kitchen, and twelve 

 especially for standard, or orcharding. The names of 

 the first sixty-three are : Adele de St. Denis (synonymes 

 follow, which are abolished), Alexandrine DrouUard, Ar- 

 bre Courbe, Beau present d'Artois, Bergamotte d'Angle- 

 terre (Gansel's Bergamotte, etc.), Bergamotte d'Esperen, 

 Beurre Beaumont, Beurre Benoit, Beurre Bretonneau, 

 Beurre Capiaumont, Beurre Clairgeau, Beurre d'Amanlis 

 panachee, Beurre d'Aremberg, Beurre d'Anjou, Beurre 

 Davy, Beurre de Nantes, Beurre d'Hardenpont (Glout 

 Morceau, etc.), Beurre Diel, Beurre Gifi'art, Beurre Pic- 

 query (Urbaniste, etc.), Quetelet, Beurre Six, Bezy de 

 Montigny, (not the Musk Doyenne, commonly so called), 

 Bon Chretien Naj)oleon (Charles of Austria, etc.), Bon 

 Chretien William (Bartlett, etc.). Bonne d'Ezee, Calebasse 

 Bosc (Thompson), Calebasse monstre (Yan Marum, etc.), 

 Colmar d'Aremberg, Conseiller de la Cour, Cumberland, 

 Des Deux-Soeurs, Delices d'Hardenpont d'Angers, Delices 

 de Lowenjoul, Doyenne Boussoch, Doyenne Defais, Doy- 

 enne d'Hiver (Bergamotte de la Pentecote), Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme, Duchesse panachee, Duchesse de Berry d'Ete, 

 Epine du Mas, Esperine, Eigne (Figue d'Alencon), Fon- 

 dante de Charneux, Fondante de Noel, Belle ou Bonne, etc., 

 Grand Soleil, Graslin, Jalousie de Fontenay (Jalousie de 

 EontenayYendee, etc.), Louise Bonne d'Avranches (Louise 

 de Jersey), Marie Louise Delcourt (Marie Louise Nora), 

 Nouveau Poiteau, Passe Colmar, Rousselet d'Aout, St. 



