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for some years, less productive of fruit, than if the grafts 

 had been taken from mature trees : if the latter plan be 

 adopted, the risk of serious blunders must evidently be in- 

 curred. In no part of Britain, perhaps, do better nurse- 

 ries exist than at Edinburgh ; but such an arrangement of 

 bearing trees is still a desideratum there. The great space 

 of ground that would thus be occupied, is almost the only 

 objection that I recollect to have heard offered. But if 

 the Edinburgh nurserymen would take a view of this de- 

 partment of M. Noisette's establishment, and remark in 

 how small a space such a collection might be formed, I am 

 persuaded that the want would be speedily supplied ; and 

 it has been seen, that the quarter thus dedicated to bear- 

 ing-trees is not wholly lost even as nursery ground. It 

 must, I believe, be admitted that pyramidal trees arc not 

 very durable or long-lived ; but to make up for this, they 

 possess the advantage of coming quickly into bearing. 



The principal part of the arrangement is necessarily oc- 

 cupied with those kinds of fruit-trees which are generally 

 cultivated and frequently in demand ; apples, pears, plums, 

 apricots, peaches, and cherries. It is only in the greater 

 variety of fine pears and peaches, that this French nursery 

 excels our English ones. Figs, mulberries, vines, almonds, 

 walnuis, chesnuts, quinces, medlars, azeroles, are not want- 

 ing ; but they occupy a subordinate station in the poma- 

 rium. 



Apples. — The stocks employed are either the Paradise 

 or the Doucin. Both of these are original dwarfish varie- 

 ties of the apple-tree : the paradise has the greatest dwarf- 

 ing effect, and produces the handsomest buisson and qac- 

 nou'ille trees ; the doucin stock is preferred for contrc-espa- 

 lier and for half-standard trees. These paradise and dou- 

 cin stocks are multiplied by layers and offsets only : if the 

 seed of either be sown, the stocks thus produced, in rich 



