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Figue, quince. Very good grower ; makes a handsome tree. 



Soldat Laboreur, quince. Like the Figue. 



Onondaga, pear. Good grower, fine tree and early bearer. 



Beurr6 Langlier. Strong grower on pear. 



Buffum, pear. Very fine, strong, upright growth. 



Beurr^ d'Aremburg. Moderate grower on pear. 



Marie Louise, pear. Good growth. Weeping head. 



Beurre Giffard, quince. Free slender growth with early 

 bearing. 



I might enumerate some fifty or sixty more varieties of which 

 there are from one to five specimens each, but further experi- 

 ence is desirable ; and indeed of those already specified I may 

 have occasion hereafter- to modify my opinions as herein ex- 

 pressed. Three or four seasons' growth will hardly afford the 

 data upon which to approve or condemn a tree, which may be 

 fifty years in coming to its full development. 



NOEFOLK. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



Flowers. — Every flower should have beauty of color, or it 

 will need much to redeem it from our ban. We have seen 

 dahlias, full petalled and full quilled, with such a dead, mahog- 

 any hue as to repel any thought of admiration, destitute of 

 frarance, or rather having a very offensive one ; such an one 

 should not find place in any, much less choice collections. 



Many beautiful flowers are inodorous, but a pleasant perfume 

 greatly increases the value of a plant. It is nearly the only 

 pretension of the mignonette, but it makes that unambitious 

 plant a favorite in every parterre. Of two roses, equal in beauty, 

 that which has fragrance is worth incomparably more than that 

 which lacks the quality. Continuance of flowering is an essen- 

 tial quality of a flower. Some bloom and fold themselves up 

 churlishly before people are usually out of their beds, having 

 no indulgence to the infirmities of human nature. A flower, to 

 be loved, must be seen, and we have a high respect for those that 

 can bear the daylight two or tliree days, the longer the better. 

 Beauty is a fading flower, but a fading flower is not a beauty. 



Deficiency of stem is deficiency of value. What can you do 



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