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THE FLORIST. 
Most all seedling fruit have a great tendency to return to their 
primitive character, and when seeds are gathered indiscriminately and 
sown, it is only a chance when a seedling surpasses its parent, hence 
the necessity of cross-breeding^ together with a knowledge of choosing 
the proper kinds for parents, which will increase the probability ol 
success. 
If the object be raising new Pears, select those for parents that you 
would wish to improve, either in size or flavour: for instance, to 
improve the size of the Seckle, or any other small Pear of good quality, 
make it the female parent, crossed with the pollen of some large kind, of 
well-known excellence, such as the Marie Louise, Beurre Diel, or any 
other hardy and free bearing sort. Always save the seed from a kind 
esteemed for hardiness and excellence. This will apply to all kinds of 
fruit, according as the operator may desire either to improve size or 
flavour, or to procure early or late varieties. 
The seeds of stone fruit should be sown as soon as the fruit is ripe, 
and other kinds in February. Choose a light dry soil, in a warm 
situation. The young plants should remain two years in the seed bed. 
At the end of that time, most of them will begin to show their character, 
and in selecting them for planting out for trial, if Apples, Pears, or 
Plums, reject those that are thorny, with narrow leaves, and retain 
those with broad or smooth foliage, and prominent buds. Shorten the 
tap roots, and plant them thickly in a quarter by themselves, until they 
produce fruit, which generally takes from six to ten years from the seed; 
the approved sorts can then be removed, and the remainder grafted 
with other kinds. 
{To he continued.) 
HAREWOOD HOUSE, 
THE SEAT OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF 
HAREWOOD, 
Is situated about nine miles north from Leeds, and eight south from 
Harrogate. The principal entrance is from the Leeds and Ripon turn¬ 
pike road, through an inhabited arched gateway. A magnificent park of 
about 1800 acres opened before us, as we proceeded along a very 
pleasant carriage drive embowered by some beautiful and very pic¬ 
turesque Oak trees, which, from their aged appearance, seemed to 
denote that they are remnants of that primeval age when the hand of 
Nature was the principal planter and arboricultural designer in this our 
isle. Reflecting upon the changes the horticultural world had under¬ 
gone since these antique inhabitants of the forest first felt the influence 
of the summer’s sun, we were started from our reverie by finding our¬ 
selves, without the slightest indication of our near approach, at the front 
door of one of the most chaste Grecian buildings it has yet been our 
lot to witness. We understood that it was an old house renovated and 
remodelled from designs by Sir Charles Barry; most excellent judg¬ 
ment appears to have been displayed in selecting the site for this 
