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from the Pomological Garden; both the name and the variety- 

 were new to us, and we could not find any description of 

 such a pear, or even the name mentioned in any of our nu- 



i^ifi-. 18. Plombsrastel. 



merous catalogues. We were informed the tree was received 

 from Vilmorin, of Paris ; though we had sent to him for every 

 new pear, in the spring of 1842, but did not have this among 

 the number. Wishing to know the source from whence it 

 was obtained, as well as the proper orthography of the name, 

 having seen it reported in several ways, we addressed a note 

 to Mr. Manning, who sent us the following reply : — 



The Plombgastel was imported from Vilmorin about 1840, 

 by Mr. Lee, from whom my father received scions. The tree 

 is vigorous and of very upright growth. Mr. Lee, in copying 

 it from the French invoice, wrote it Plumbgartel ; but the 



