Descripiiotis of Six varieties of Pears. 



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285,) and given so full an account of its origin, 6ic., that it 

 seems superfluous to repeat the same. It does appear to us, 

 however, that there must be some error in regard to the origin 



Fiff. 9. Van Mons L^on Le Clerc. 



of this pear. It has already been stated that it was raised by 

 Mons. Le Clerc, and placed in the hands of M. R. Langlier, of 

 Jersey, for sale, and the trees disposed of at one guinea each ; 

 this was in 1838 and '39. Some time previous to that date, 

 however, Mr. Manning of the Pomological Garden, received 

 scions from Dr. Van Mons, under the name of Celestin, which 

 have proved the last season, to be the true Leon le Clerc ; 

 and in the spring of 1842 we received a collection of pears 

 from France, having expressly ordered the true Leon le Clerc 

 among them. After waiting three years, we had the satisfac- 



