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appreciates the beauty of the pelargonium has heard of Den- 

 nis's Perfection, the commencement of that improvement in 

 this fine flower, which has since rendered it so remarkable 

 for its beauty. Mr. Demns has always been an extensive 

 grower of pelargoniums, and has raised many fnie seedlings, 

 of which his Perfection and King were preeminent, and for a 

 long time maintained their standing at the head of all collec- 

 tions. 



At the time of our visit, Mr. Dennis had a great quantity 

 of seedlings, and a fine stock of the best varieties, but so 

 thickly crowded into the houses, as to cause them to grow up 

 rather slender. Ill health has prevented his giving that atten- 

 tion which he has usually devoted to his collection. In the 

 nursery, we found a general collection of shrubs, plants, &c., 

 in very good health : numerous frames were filled with vari- 

 ous plants, and preparations were making for removing oth- 

 ers to the houses for the winter. Mr. Dennis grows a great 

 variety of flower seeds for the London seedsmen. 

 ( To be continued.^ 



Akt. II. Pomological Notices ; or notices respecting new 

 and superior fruits, worthy of gejieral cultivation. De- 

 scriptions and engravings of six varieties of pears. By the 

 Editor. 



The season has been favorable to the production of fine fruit, 

 and we hope, the present autumn, to secure drawings of many 

 of the new kinds of pears, several of which we have now in 

 bearing under our own eye. We now add six varieties to 

 those already figured. 



37. Beurre' de Beaumont. 



The fruit of the Beurre de Beaumont pear {fig. 17) first 

 came to our notice in the autumn of 1843, when a fine speci- 

 men was given to us by J. C. Lee, Esq., of Salem, who gathered 

 it from a tree received from France : we had previously been 

 familiar with the name in French catalogues, and had speci- 



