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produce such strong, coarse, bundles of roots as the common crab, 

 or other slocks, but fine fibrous roots, which run along just below the 

 surface." Is not this the reason why dwarf trees in many instances 

 produce better fruit than standards? — Ed. 



Grafting pears on the mountain ash. — At a meeting of the London 

 Horticultural Society, Dr. Limlley read a communication received 

 from R. A. Hornby, E<q., containin<r some observations on the graft- 

 ing of pears on the mountain ash. Mr. H. states, that it lately came 

 under his notice, while staying in Switzerland, where he found it to 

 be very ceneraily practised, and with great success, the crops being 

 both al)undant and sure, in a climate and site (on the hiiih plateau of 

 the Tanur mountain, with a poor and shallow soil,) where neither 

 pear nor a|)ple would previously fruit, the effect being to retard the 

 blossoms and give vigor to the constitution. Neither the flesh nor 

 flavor of the fruit was said to be at all affected; budiling or grafting 

 being alike successful on either old or young stocks by the usual pro- 

 cess. Great care must however be taken that none of the young 

 shoots which the stocks may make, during the first season after work- 

 ing, be removed; in the succeeding sjiring, however, before vegeta- 

 tion commences, all such redundant growth should be cut out closely, 

 and the graft alone be permitted to push in freedom. Its growth will 

 then be luxuriant. 



A note on the above communication, by Mr. R. Thompson, under 

 gardener in the Society's orchard, was also read, in which he states 

 that the mountain ash was one among the various kinds of stocks on 

 which the pear was grafted at the Society's garden, on which subject 

 the following observations were made: — 



The trees grew very well, but scarcely so vigorously as those on 

 the pear stock, or even on the quince. The fruit was produced at an 

 earlier age of good size; there was no perceptible difference in the 

 flavor, when comi)ared with those produced under similar circum- 

 stances, but on the pear stocks, nor was it observed that the blossoms 

 were at all retarded. The trees did not appear as if they would be 

 long-lived, owing to the unequal swelling of the respective species. 

 The pear increased in diameter more rapidly than the mountain ash. 

 Still, as the latter species is much hardier than the quince, and would 

 thrive in almost any soil, it might be advantageously used in some 

 situations. — (Newspaper.) 



[M. Floss, in the Transactions of the Prussian Gardening Society, 

 (1829,) has communicated a notice of the plan of grafting on the 

 mountain ash. He states that the trees thrive in a sandy soil, that 

 the fruit keeps better, but is not quite as good flavored as when 

 growing on the wild stock. The pear stock is prevented from in- 

 creasing in diameter over the ash, by leaving one or two branches on 

 the latter, which takes a portion of the sap from the grafted stock. 

 There does not appear to be any advantage arising from the prac- 

 tice, except the capabilities of the ash thriving on light, sandy 

 soils, where the wild pear stock will not make any growth. — Ed.] 



Myatl's Eliza Strawberry. — This is the name of a new variety, 

 raised by Myatt, which is stated to possess fine qualities. We shall 

 mention it under the head of our Pomological Notices, in a future 

 number. 



