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Style and degree of clearing and polishing, and might be 

 successfully imitated in other parts. 



After condemning unequivocally the style of Mr. Brown's 

 artificial water, as tame, insipid and monotonous, he con- 

 cludes by regretting the mischief that has been done by him 

 and his improvers, by the destruction of many a scene that 

 would have charmed a poet or a painter. He, therefore, 

 will show the most art in improving, who leaves (a very 

 material point) or who creates the greatest variety of pic- 

 tures, — of such different compositions as painters will least 

 wish to alter ; — Jiot he who begins his work by general 

 clearing -and smoothing, that is, by destroying all those acci- 

 dents, of which such advantages might be made ; but which, 

 afterwards, the most enlightened and experienced art can 

 never hope to restore. 



PRECAUTIONS IN REARING SEEDLING PEARS. 



BY M. J. DE .TONGUE, BRUt=SELS. 



In our last volume we gave our readers two or three arti- 

 cles on the cultivation of the pear, by M. de Jonghe of 

 Brussels, an eminent Belgian cultivator, and one who appears 

 to have given considerable attention to the subject. They 

 were read, we believe, with a great deal of interest, and 

 afforded much information to all who are engaged in the cul- 

 ture or improvement of this fine fruit. A continuation of 

 M. de Jonghe's communications appears in the Gardener^s 

 Chronicle, and as they appear equally interesting with those 

 we have already given, we make no apology for introducing 

 them to our readers, assured that they will be perused with 

 great pleasure, especially by all who are engaged in the 

 rearing of seedling trees. — Ed. 



To prevent confusion in a nursery of seedling fruits, and 

 indeed in collections in general, it is advisable to direct the 

 greatest attention to their cultivation with the view of bring- 

 ing them into a bearing state before propagating them, or 



