36 GEOUP I. SOUTHERN COUNTIES MIDDLESEX. 



7. — Jones, Arundel Hotel, Victoria Embankment. 

 Number of Varieties Exhibited (Beurre Clairgeau) ... 1 

 Observations. — Examples very large. 



8. — J. Ladds, 4, Craven Terrace, Ealing. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited 4 



Observations. — Fruit small. 



9. — C. Lee & Son, Nurserymen, Ealing, W. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... 78 



Observations. — All the examples in this collection were of fair 

 size, typical of the various sorts, and true to name. The following 

 were noted as the more prominent, mostly from pyramids 

 on Pear stock : Pitmaston Duchess, Beurre Sterckmans, 

 Easter Beurre, Doyenne du Comice, Duchess d'Angouleme, 

 BemTe Clairgeau, Grosse Calebasse, AVinter Nelis, Seckle, 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey, Beurre Bosc. 



10. — James L. Mitchell, 36, Pembury Pioad, Clapton, E. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 3 



Observations. — Very fair examples, those of Bellissime 

 d'Hiver very fine. 



Exhibitor s Bemarks. — Grown in ordinary garden soil, mulched 

 with stable manure, leaf mould, and a little soot ; shoots pinched 

 in May and June ; stock, Quince. The special feature to which 

 I would draw attention is that of having been grown so near to 

 the centre of London, 



11. — John W. Odell, Gardener to W. Barber, Esq., Pinner. 

 Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... 24 



Observations.- — Fruit small. 



ExJiibitur's liei/tar!i.s. — Situation sheltered ; enclosed garden ; 

 soil, heavy loam, on London clay subsoil. The majority are 

 grown on the Pear stock, some on the Quince ; the former 

 appears to be the best for our soil. The pyramid trees give the 

 largest crops. 



