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thought it a good joke ; and under the impression that they were 

 wax, thought to make himself merry at tlie expense of some ladies ; 

 but he got caught in his own trap. There happened to be in the 

 case at the time some veritable pears a little decayed. In the 

 midst of the joke, and just at the moment he .was turning the 

 laugh upon the ladies by exclaiming, " Ha ! ha! they are only 

 wax !" I went up to him with assumed seriousness, and begged 

 the privilege of assuring him that they were not wax. He was 

 taken aback, but presently said they were wax, for he had been 

 told so. I replied that I could not help what he had been told ; 

 but, to convince him, I would show him one. Taking one of the 

 pears out of the case, I plunged my finger in a decayed spot, and 

 remarked, in a quiet way, " there sir, do you call that wax ?" 

 The laugh was turned against him, and he walked off with a look 

 which c£Bi be better imagined than described. Similar cases were 

 constantly occurring, and they speak volumes in favor of these 

 beautiful models. It is only those, however, who have seen Mr. 

 Glover's entire collection, who can form any just idea of its vast 

 import^ice for pomological purposes. In my humble opinion, 

 Mr. Glover has done niore for pomological science than any other 

 man of the day ; and it reflects great credit on the good sense of 

 the American Institute tliat it has availed itself of the opportuni- 

 ty of securing a collection of these invaluable models by appro- 

 priating a sufficient sum for that purpose. But Mr. Glover is a 

 true artist, and does not confine himself to fruit alone. He is 

 now engaged in the interesting subject of Entomology, and in con- 

 nection with Professor Harris, will probably bring out by far the 

 best work on that subject that has yet been published. He is 

 very industrious in collecting, engraving, and modeling entomo- 

 logical subjects ; and we had a very remarkable specimen of his 

 modeling in this way at the Fair : a monstrous, uncouth Jpieroj 

 like one of those, I should suppose, which are said in California 

 to devour a cabbage a day. One gentleman said he had seen it 

 in South America; but as nobody knew its name, it was pro- 

 posed to call it, for special reasons, Martynia Gloveriana.^ in honor 

 of Mr. Glover himself. 



The display of agricultural products was large, and many of 

 the samples of superior quality. The Mediterranean wheat was 



