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from ten to fifleen degrees, than that of another field, not 

 so drained, though in every other respect the soils were 

 similar. Draining is also the very best preservative 

 against the drought. With regard to situation, there are 

 some kinds of fruit trees that, like cats, are very strictly 

 local in their habits ; while others are more ubiquitous, 

 and a minority of them are at home everywhere. A suit- 

 able stock is also necessary for ever^^ graft to arrive at the 

 desired normal condition. It has been the paramount 

 object of the writer of this work, and the principal reason 

 of its being undertaken, to make the description of the 

 fruits therein contained, subservient to the wants of each 

 sort ; and the particular attention bestowed in bringing 

 forward the reports from all quarters, but more particu- 

 larly from the Western States, and our own neighborhood, 

 will, we think, sufficiently prove it. With the careful, 

 though generally brief, portraiture, individuallj', of our 

 chief pomological treasures, there will be seen the partic- 

 ular locality to which each is specifically ada2)ted, thus 

 rendering the path of the cultivator more clearly defined, 

 to enable him to discover what he should obtain, and what 

 he ought to avoid. The action of Pomological Societies, 

 but more especially that of the Cincinnati Horticultural 

 Society, has been of inestimable advantage to us, espe- 

 cialy from their lists of "worthy" fruits, of which it has 

 been seen we have so largely availed ourselves, and so 

 liberally presented to our readers. And the labor and 

 money saved to both nurserymen and fruit-growers by 

 the Cincinnati Horticultural Society alone, in its reports 

 of those varieties which are "unworthy," or rejected, are 

 also incalculable. 



And now a word in relation to "Dwarf Pears." V e 

 presume that although it has not yet been most conclu- 

 sively and satisfactorily proved (owing to th$ time not 

 having been had) that our Western climate and soil is as 



