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does, only a week or two after the commencement of the sea- 

 son of winter pears. 



This truly valuable pear was originally sent to the London 

 Horticultural Society, by Dr. Van Mons, in 1817, under the 



Fig. 5. Beurrd Die!. 



name of Dillen, and it is described under this synonyme in 

 Lindley's work ; it first came to this country through the 

 medium of the late Mr. Knight, in his most liberal donation 

 of fruits to the Massachusetts Agricultural Society, through 

 the Hon. John Lowell, in 1825, under another synonyme of 

 Sylvange verte d' hiver, and subsequently it has been received 

 under many of the above names, the most common of which 

 are Beurre Incomparable, Beurre Magnifique, Beurre Royal, 



