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in the town, which seems surprising, as it is generally con- 

 sidered a good Scotch pear, tender, juicy, and sugary, but 

 below medium size. Another notable tree in the same 

 garden is a Green Honey, very large and prolific, and the 

 parent of all others of the same species in the town. On 

 the opposite side of Queen Street is " the Palace," as the 

 former residence of Queen Mary is called, and connected with 

 it is a garden filled with magnificent trees. It is nearly 

 quite level, and extends from the street to the margin of the 

 Jed. At the west end of the house is an enormous tree of 

 what is called the Buchanan Pear, but whether that means 

 Buchanan's Spring Buerre, or how it has got the name, 

 nobody seems to know. It covers more ground than any 

 pear tree we ever saw before, and its spreading limbs are 

 supported by three sturdy props. We noticed a Longueville 

 which shows how life may be prolonged amid decay, for the 

 trunk is entirely worm-eaten, only a shell remaining, and 

 yet a limb, which seems like to fall by the weight of its 

 fruit, has grown out from one side, as if it were a graft set 

 into the tree, and is green, flourishing, and uncommonly 

 fruitful. Near the river side is a large specimen of the 

 White Warden Pear tree. In the paper communicated to 

 the Caledonian Horticultural Society, a tradition is quoted, 

 to the effect that a White Warden tree in that garden was 

 blown over in a storm in 1603, on the night when King 

 James VI. crossed the Border into England. " It had five 

 principal clefts or branches, which all touched the ground 

 nearer or farther from the trunk, and each in process of 

 time took root and became a separate tree. A clump of 

 three of these is still standing, and in a fine bearing state ; a 

 fourth existed three years ago." 



No visitor should be in Jedburgh and not see Mr. Deans- 

 at the Anna Nursery. Not only can he tell everything of 

 interest that has happened in the town for upwards of sixty 

 years, but he knows all about the gentlemen's country seats 

 in the neighbourhood, and in his own conservatories and 

 grounds there is much worthy of notice. In the course of a 

 long and active life he has not only carried on a good nursery 

 and seed business, but has made experiments and has several 

 fruits bearing his own name. We notice specially an Apple 

 called Deans' Gold-finder, a seedling having what we con- 

 sider excellent merit, being a fine, large, well coloured, and 

 mellow summer apple. Another seedling has been named 



