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4. Marechal de la Cceur. 



This variety (fig. A) is not very new, as Bivort described 

 it in 1847. According to him, it was obtained by Yan Mons 

 in 1841, when it was considered one of his best pears. 



This year it has fruited for the first time, in the school of 

 fruits of M. Andre Leroy, of Angers, upon a small plant 

 three or four years old ; and here is the description which I 

 have made : — 



Tree very vigorous, of pyramidal form : branches long, 

 furnished with thorns at the ends, and covered with whitish- 

 gray points : the buds are large, prominent and pointed : the 

 leaves are very large and variously formed, many of them 

 round : the tree, in its general appearance, (ensemble,) has 

 a suberb aspect. 



Fruit very handsome, pyriform, occasionally slightly tur- 

 binate, regular, with an uneven surface, and which is rather 

 rough : color yellowish green, highly tinted with vermilion 

 on the side next the sun, and dotted with small dark specks 

 all over the surface : the stem is crooked, and inserted in a 

 cavity formed by a projection (mamelon) which is much 

 higher on one side than the other : the eye is large and open, 

 and the divisions of the calyx are short : the flesh is white, 

 fine, melting, very juicy, vinous, high flavored, very agreeable. 

 This superb and excellent pear ripens in October. 



The tree, which has been growing four years, appears 

 covered with fruit buds ; so that in addition to its fine qual- 

 ities, it appears to be exceedingly fertile. 



Art. IV. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of New and 

 Beautiful Plants, figured in Foreign Periodicals ; with 

 descriptions of those i7itroduced to, or originated in, Amer- 

 ican Collections. 



New Plants. — The introduction of new plants has, we 

 believe, been greater the last year than any previous one. 

 The New York and Philadelphia nurserymen have added 



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