Notes and Glea7iings. 



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one man cutting the sod, while another rolls it up like a carpet as fast as it is 

 sheared off. The crop is variable, but often reaches a hundred and fifty barrels 

 per acre, and sells quickly at present for about fifteen dollars per barrel. 



Newton. Willia7n D. Philbrick. 



St. Germain Puvis Pear. — This pear is recommended as first class in a 

 recent number of " Revue Horticole." 



The tree is of vigorous habit, of pyramidal growth. 



The fruit is about four and a half inches long by two and a quarter in diam- 

 eter ; the stem is large, thick, and forms a club-shaped crook ; fawn-colored ; 



