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first time I have heard of its fruiting in this country, and as there has been 

 some doubts of there being such a pear, will you be so good as to give a 

 description of it in your Magazine. — lours, W. Reid, Murray Hill jYur- 

 seru, JVew York, Dec. 1343. 



[The pear was not the true Beurr6 Spence. — Ed.] 



Horticulture in the vicinitij of Boston. — We lately gave an extract 

 (p. 33,) froiu one of Mr. Ernst's letters upon the state of gardening 

 in the vicinity of Boston, detailing Messrs. Hyde's mode of destroying 

 the curculio. As our readers may be desirous of knowing what strang- 

 ers, who visit us, say of our gardens, Ave take the following notes from the 

 letters, communicated by Mr. Ernst to tlie Daily Atlas of Cincinnati, in 

 regard to the four principal nursery establishments around Boston. 



Mr. Kenriclc's. — In my visit to Mr. Kenrick's extensive fruit and 

 ornamental establishment, at Brighton, I regretted to find him absent from 

 home. This deprived me of the pleasure of an interview at his beautiful 

 location. Mr. K.'s collection is very large, to which he is making con- 

 stant and extensive additions, by importations from Europe. There being 

 no one at hand to explain, I took a hasty ramble over his extensive grounds, 

 and departed, in the hope that I should have found time to again visit him. 



M;:ssr3. Winship's. — In the vicinity of Mr. Kenrick's, there are other 

 public nurseries. The Messrs. Winship is among the oldest and larg- 

 est. TJiey are perhaps the most extensive, in the ornamental line, of any 

 establishment about Boston ; their grounds are beautifully located, seven 

 miles from the city, on the Worcester Rail-road, which runs directly 

 through them, making them, by this easy and pleasant mode of access, a 

 place of great resort. Every thing is tastefully arranged and neatly kept. 



Ms'isrs. Hyde's. — In my visit to the Messrs. Hyde, of Newton, I was 

 mucii interested. In these gentlemen, I found the true New England 

 cluaracter exemplified, " a place for every thing and every thing in its 

 right place." In connection with their farming and fruit operations, they 

 are doing considerable in the nursery way. One of them with delight, 

 pointed out to me the various interesting objects of the place ; among 

 the rest a great elm, under the shadow of whose boughs, his ancestry, for 

 three or four generations back, were wont to rest their weary limbs, from 

 their toilsome but cheerful labor. In speaking of the fine appearance of 

 their crops and trees, on land which had been so long in use, he observed 

 that they were obliged to manure highly. In answer to an inquiry as to 

 what it had cost them, he said that they had paid as high as iffSOO per 

 annum for manure ; and they found the more they bought and put on the 

 land, the better they could afford to pay for it. I mention this fact for 

 the benefit of such of our farmers as have not yet discovered that there 

 is some value in this article, and that they may be induced to try the 

 experiment. 



Messrs. Hovey^s. — In my- visit to the new grounds of the Messrs. Hovey 

 at Cambridge, I was much pleased with the enterprising spirit with which 

 they are progressing in their operations. The location is a fine one for a 

 public nursery, and they have made a good beginning. Tliey have 

 erected a handsome and spacious green-house. Their collection of plants 

 is good, especially in that of the rose, which is large and very fine. 

 Their collection of dahlias is also good. They have quite a respectable 

 number of fruit and ornamental trees, to which they are making rapid 

 additions, and will without doubt, rank in a very short time among the 

 best establishments in the country. 



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