232 TRANSACTION'S OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



LIST OF PEARS. 



The Secretary read the following extract from the proceedings 

 of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society: 



Mr. Hazeltine recommended nine varieties of pears for profit, 

 viz : Early Catharine, Doyenne d'Ete, Bartlett, Julienne on 

 Quince, Napoleon, Beurre d'Amalis on Quince, Winter Nelis and 

 Seckel. 



F. G. Cary recommended the White Doyenne for superior qual- 

 ity, and as a healthy and long-lived tree. 



Dr. Edward Taylor, President of the Cleveland Horticultural 

 Society, writes that the Diana grape succeeds well there, but the 

 Delaware is a feeble grower, and the Catawba does not perfect 

 itself there. He thinks the latitude affects, but the constituents 

 of soil more. 



J^ote by Meigs. — The Isabella was made public by Mr. Gibbs, 

 as the New Rochelle blackberry was by Lawton, and thousands 

 of other plants by botanists, who had a right to give them names, 

 although millions of men have seen all of them for ages. 



The bark of the Washingtonia Gigantea, 17 inches thick, was 

 exhibited. We are glad that our grand national tree shall bear 

 that glorious name, instead of those imposed on it by European 

 botanists. 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE NEWS. 



The Secretary read the following extracts from late news from 

 the Cape of Good Hope : 



" Accounts from Oudtshorn state that fine rains have fallen, 

 and the Karroo resembles a flower garden. Meat is plentiful, 

 and so fat that "it is hardly eatable, and the prospects of the next 

 harvest highly encouraging. 



"' Our next agricultural show will be at Worcester. Premiums 

 to £600. 



"We are having a new handsome library room. 



" Our two great staple articles of export are wine and wool. 

 Our Cape wines require a large admixture of spirits to preserve 

 them on the long voyage home. 



" WHEAT. 



" South Africa might be a large exporter of it, for there is no 

 country in the world where the soil and climate are so favorable 

 to its growth." 



