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DECEMBER 27, 1856.| 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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worthy 
4 aive culture. 
xandre Bivort 
Pear ; we owe this 
is another excellent kind of 
to the collection a the late Major 
wit Mons a vort p te 
ons, 
Coe SENN on the Gaes ‘but is 
an mn espalier or sprendi ng bush than 
, greenish yellow, 
d Beg, and Ke with a ‘delicious aroma ; it r rip 
rthy of ‘culture. 
(V. M.) or as it is called in 
a Coux, í is worthy of a place in 
rip me in November when 
e la ars 
s 
ened | i 
k 
erfumed of high excellence ; the tree is 
ha: ardy, a pe a wales pyramid, and grows freely 
Quince. 
erfin : this most excellent Pear was raised 
“i? is apes to be thorny, i is remark- 
e: that habit is 
is as 
delicious, as itis perfectly 
most Reig ps quality. The 
so | Quin and ¢ comes into bearing more qui ickly yar when 
Lik vation is not unex 
ecptvasbly aps 
non gory ae 
which it i i 
Fri Aalenin, i y 
more advisable. Even in less decided 
referred to, its use may often be ad 
ce” nae a ry In Eupho 
Taflor ” of numerous icons Thee 
fi composed of a single peticaep, > with 
oe opening the the ovary of Bean-flower, about 
e | the accessory bracts 
_ Se ed. 
Pea vigo roa grons 
he TARA it rials Prince Albe ert t but does not fo: 
pees a pyram d, as its habit is spreading coating 
ike that of Beurré _Diel. When it t made, its first 
Poire Prevost (Vv. M.): 
a Pears 
d yellow. 
Ap is bea! of the handsomest 
ripe, of a bright red 
vules (0) will be seen, adhering to 
the “ Placenta,” the “slightly ert combined margins 
phd dey Se ae the ral suture. 
mite 
late Van Mon n be re melting and 
delicious, and it has a eee ‘agreeable aroma Anike 
hat of any Pear I am acquainted w ith; in size it 
.): this large and most excellent 
Pei o ripen towards the end of last 
December ae continued good till the middle 
I ha u 
ae buds aed} in the Quince 
budded in August has given pil the peice season 
tre sis 7 remarkable ; it gro 
not rapid] and forms a sma 
altern 
rege: k s! the 
wih i is Ae ps ex 
rnal structure ure of th 
argin 
ai ia A q faniculs 
the summit (caruncula: 
| ovule need not b 
mid, 
wards the P placen nta 
summ the projection by a 
Ys 
ii fruit is iiem sized, of highly perfumed or 
musky flavour; and keeps well til May. These last two 
mit o 
oramen,” and which, in the 
e” noticed fo mer! 
Ye 
January ; ; it is melting, very juicy, with a delicate 
pous flavour exceedingly (coger 3 , the tree is. very 
to require a warm climate. It will be therefore 
are 
These highly 
advisable to rie it against a : south or get bid | 
house. 
Beurré ge ra M.): this is “a pre ty round 
Pear rather below AN agrees size, of a bogat 
hard 462 Fil b 
_ yellow when ripe ; the tree 
canker, but succe ceeds oe =f the Pear fis on the 
ce. ri se cimens ripened about the middle of last 
amateurs. Thos. pt Sawbridgeworth. 
PRACTICAL LESSONS IN BOTANY FOR 
= aie Sa hie ALL Cea ache o. XIV. 
of vives Suffolk. 
descripti giv n me by Mr, ort from whom I 
; iA Ste aap 3 it re father trial. 
seed, it spontaneously 
es from ar cord, and the sear scar left on 
Bean; but more t 
illustration of the 
saia 
e gen 
f “ibe 
most important parti 
of the ‘general structure lants u peas the ania 
minds of young children who posse: ther botanical 
which diey can have con- 
Fruit.—In the the idly iise but remains 
h 9°00 ld t (V. M): most excellent 
ul 
Bean 
after the petals a and stamens have fal Men. The ‘Stigma 
stant recourse in the free Library of Nature. if In may 
are Bart the tree on a “delight 
polite ren es ani growth, just one of those trees 
will grow 
urishes as a 
y specimens kept soun e end of last 
Bioy; ; TAA yaa not sg but soft, juicy, and agreeable. 
If gronn ush o w pyramid it should have a 
rm corner ad Tight Ba soil, 
: “Ta Seni about this late Pear Iam reminded of 
aS 
Which I think may be found worthy of better treatment ; 
La val (V. M.) w whi ps, one of 
keeping 
p 
till ‘June and Er and then hecam soft and 
-sound 
eatable, wI am inclined to think that ar it were 
m 
flowe ain 
r | dages” EENE 6 ‘the fruit. 
the st together with the ovules ; 
the ovary arema Me ry i eLA and the ovules | 
n Botany which may not only serve the purpose oren 
yeyin ing useful freien but also of educating (as I have 
ined i ina fa the mental faculties, and im 
optic Aas ton of young 
o be eauty without much trouble in 
Puii passing into “seeds.” A single arp (the Be: 
P: p oe sis a long keeping Pear | pod), and its contained seeds, ter consti i 
which has ea in my ection some years, | “ F E e Wi y plants, other portions of the 
and has Tisen and fallen in Vestai more {iin r , and form accesso: 7 ppen- 
For instance, in the 
eE, the fleshy eatable part is the “floral 
‘in April and i May and become a good dessert Pear ; 3 it 
is Tent, Ieper the recon): | 
hi 
this very, excellent Pear r | 
P 
with a ae en. It is of the same race, si 
- the tree is inclined to be PE and it is much m 
rom one to pete 
h j, 
+} H 
(P) 
sutures; (u) funicular or umbilical po: 
(£2 placenta ; (f) foramen, which becomes the micro 
ceptacle,” whilst the numerous pericarps upon it are | 
One valve of the pericarp, with its seeds (s); (v) ventral, and (d) dorsal 
(0) ane gus ‘the ovarium) ; 
Pi ae ag Senda 8. 
receptacle 
Ty, 
J ly J3 
~ dof M i 
eatable, but the outer part of ea | 
t be SP, Bho 0 part | 
ee the 
comes succu 
kr well all through April. I received Be 
about 12 years ago from eh one = Se os Esperen, 
who who thea lived at Maline and at same time the 
E 
ften | of a ua 
Bezy | beginn 
should s cen men 7 
—Contrive (what needs very littl ee, 
iten adien About the structure of ppa wers. Amon; 
the girls (Is Ea a ee, agricultural vise) yeu 
e th 
2d. sie without aay compromise, 
volunteers “Mastering | the 
“Tt is sin- 
mother a 
nd all war E mega 
go sine e find w 
chilar y ave no aie ia in 
| getti say a “Rose i is an ai 
Sifloral dieotyledon, and as a ready consequence, at 
it m 
r should joe 
vessel? originates from the he 
“ovules.” “Where eR calyx- tabo adh eres (superior 
a a ee late Pear stich seldom or ripens 
called Bonne de Malines, of course quite distinet from 
the Winter Nelis which sometimes goes under the 
name, rhage Be: speren i os 
in that respect, an 
ogi quite hardy; it is round wi 
Bergamotte tte shape, of ‘medium ‘size, mei melting a 
yg t 
R 
3 e. 
and 
d 
is not regarded as an accessory appendage to sm et, 
but as forming part id the “inferior pericarp” itself. 
the Bean 
aieogs to | 
s her 
The 
not only splis cae [ago I pied my wage on apt 
| soon able to appreciate the e affinity ‘between it an and some 
ch may 
eri 
pe | at "hed | | be brought before them ! J. 8. Henslow. 
caly: 2), | ELE EE UPEAA ERE 
Ba 
tory ep 
Su nib sear isat the reg of ‘the hilland wi 
oj ih 
ni Bei 
eg Be 
| 
who is accustomed to pay me visits twice a year, l 
ENE- 
eterminate lines are 
disti o ae a as as not 
> o 
itis F. 
the | hiscent.’ 
of 
Baits Aa very “hm, free grower on the 
Quince bearer under all circum- | 
Gansel’s Late Bergamot: this was raised by the 
late Jno, Padang Esq., “of Peon from T 
Cine crossed with some late Lat d 
pete fe 
? in 
t and are “ inde- | | ing 
ily 
on success. 
valle; ey, and as it was pa iA, more than usual 
I must 
und pericarps, and the few, t 
mews may be defe: Rav 
l Teaci hgh atest the re- | 
striction term can be rigorously main- 
tained, it is wish ee aot to employ it in 
different senses. rn Bo tanists refer all « Heads” 
.B. "igs or 
names = 
Sug, 
trees by my fi 
13- Lik perforated pots, blossomed 
KA trees boi 
n 1855; the fruits in shape exactly like the 
an Involucrum, and no aces regard tl iem as ¢ 
pound Flowers” with “Common alyx. Bu t 
term “ Fruit” is appes to w pericarps and th 
thout ap 
eir and 
wad pis set A Sgn gh Pate Hy himd 
hi 
seeds, with o! or wit pen ndages, which 
autumn he agai 
Y hard 
n flavour this deli 
NCH 
aA term “ 
As 
me cases 
ep. h h 
F 
Fruit? » igi y, ded 
q W +i } 1 
licious Pear i is Jike its 
h i 
Thus the erovdad ‘inflorescences of Com- 
t called “ compound fruits zi 
flowers. 
utmegs > 
of the canta ith red s; ida, 
gardener declared he had done all that val needful, 
and so it ended in a quiet grumble, for a man so 
° pyramid 
a Fre ety of 
it is full- pea gs in gts 
Pear amateurs would 
a , are so bap 
would not it was "pr ugbt deceive his 
ps Another season 3 the trees, trees, althoug 
big pa s, Mul coe aeret 
Th is is apt to confuse begin 
more than I can) why the Com mpound 
| gr bie eee when that of * Compou 
s disc I have therefore suggested, 
cd 
uit? = edeak 1% h again set a 
usual 
= ‘own suggestion (!) that the term “ Infruc- | 
oars 
t 
tescence + ‘Should be: 
it is melting, very jui 
ay A to ay eS the sgereention | to omit 
is form * Inflorescen 
The 
syringing twice a 
passed, the autumn came, and 
