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approached by a grand avenue, and at the end of this is a 

 magnificent terrace, upwards of twelve hundred feet long : 

 the terrace is planted with trees, which are clipped so as to 

 form square heads, and being planted rather close, they have 

 the appearance of one continued line of solid foliage. A 

 great number of fine orange trees ornament the terrace near 

 the chateau. The garden and grounds were laid out by Le 

 Notre, but they have since been re-arranged. The Chateau 

 belongs to the king, but is only occasionally used. There 

 are several fine rooms, and the paintings are very good ; but 

 the chief attraction to a stranger is the magnificent views 

 obtained of the Seine, and Paris. It is well worth a visit. 



Art. II. Notice of seven Seedling varieties of Pears, raised 

 by Hon. H. W. Edwards, of New Haven, Conn. By 

 Mr. Edwards. Communicated by Dr. E. W. Bull, Hart- 

 ford. 



The following account of several new seedling pears, rais- 

 ed by the Hon. H. W. Edwards, of New Haven, Conn., was 

 communicated to us last April, by our correspondent. Dr. E. 

 W. Bull, of Hartford, accompanied with a few scions of each 

 of the varieties, which at our request he was so kind as to 

 procure from Gov. Edwards. It was our intention to insert 

 the letter under our annual Pomological Notices, when enu- 

 merating many other new fruits ; but not yet having found 

 the time or space to complete that paper, we now present the 

 same, trusting that we may have the opportunity, the com- 

 ing autumn, of procuring specimens from which drawings 

 may be made. Our thanks are due to Gov. Edwards for his 

 liberality in sending us scions, and we are happy to have 

 this opportunity of publicly expressing them. 



"Agreeably to your request, I send you scions of some of 

 my seedling pears ; on the list which accompanies them you 

 will find their names in order. Beginning with the first, you 

 come to the 



