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since we last visited Mr, Johnson's garden. He had a year 

 previous to that period added an acre or more of land to his 

 premises, but the division fence was not then removed. 

 Now, however, quite a change was apparent. In the place 

 of the old fence, a beautiful buckthorn hedge had grown 

 up, screening the new part, which is mostly cultivated as a 

 vegetable garden, from the old. A central walk, being a 

 continuation from the old garden, is terminated by a hand- 

 some summer house in the Chinese style, which serves as 

 an agreeable resting place, after making the tour of the 

 garden. It is covered with Boursault roses and other vines, 

 which give it a shady aspect during summer. 



One of the principal improvements we noticed, was the 

 planting of pear trees, mostly on quince stocks, to be trained 

 as dwarfs or qiienouilles, about 5 feet apart, on the borders 

 to each of the walks in the new garden. These when 

 grown up and in full bearing, will be an ornamental as 

 well as a useful feature of the grounds. We are glad to 

 see that cultivators have at last become aware of the great 

 value of dwarf trees in small gardens, in preference to 

 standards, which occupy so much room, and cast such a 

 shade that little else can be grown, when the room is occu- 

 pied with such trees. It is the true policy to plant dwarfs. 

 They are easily pruned, their fruit is always within reach, 

 arid when in full bearing, few objects are more attractive 

 than a pear tree. 



We noticed here some experiments in budding, on the 

 plan practised by Capt. Lovitt, of Beverly ; that is, insert- 

 ing friiit buds, with a view to the production of fruit next 

 season. Capt. Lovitt has been very successful in his experi- 

 ments, and has shown several specimens of fruit at the rooms 

 of the Hort. Soc. the past month, the buds of which were 

 put in, in August, 1842. It affords an opportunity of test- 

 ing the merits of any new variety at once. Buds may be 

 procured from a fruit bearing tree, and inserted in young 

 trees, and if the operation is skilfully performed, there is 

 little doubt of the growth of the bud. The bud is inserted 

 in the usual method. 



In the old garden, on the standard trees, the fruit was 

 large and fine and exceedingly abundant. Nothing could 

 surpass, for abundant crops, the Vicar of Winkfield, Passe 

 Colmar. Princesse d'Orange and Williams's Bon Chretien 

 pears ; the first of these was literally loaded, and the 



