1871. ] 
GLASS GARDENS. 
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u The fruit is even and regular in its outline, turbinate, and somewhat 
flattened at the crown. The skin is greenish yellow when quite ripe, and strewn 
with patches of thin pale brown russet, and with a russet patch round the stalk. 
Eye open, with short erect segments, and set in a shallow depression. Stalk 
three-quarters of an inch long, woody, and inserted without depression. Flesh 
yellowish, with a pale salmon tinge, like that of Josephine de Malines, tender, 
fine-grained, and very juicy. Juice rich, sugary, and with a fine aromatic 
flavour. A fine Pear, ripe in the middle of October, and lasting about a fortnight. 
Autumn Josephine Peak. 
“ This valuable native acquisition was obtained from seed by W. E. Essington, 
Esq., of Ribbesford House, Bewdley. The seed, which was obtained from 
Josephine de Malines , was sown in the year 1856, and scions from the seedling 
were grafted on the stock of a worthless Pear tree, which had been cut down in 
1861. The tree is an excellent grower, and has formed a large head, bearing 
two bushels of fruits. It first produced fruit in 1869.” 
GLASS GARDENS. 
rf v LASS walls have already been described in the Florist and Pomologist 
(1870, p. 189),—glass gardens are simply an amplification, or rather an 
aggregation, of glass walls. The distinction is one of degree rather than 
of kind. Glass walls, alone, in single file, are admirably adapted for inner 
boundary lines or partitions in gardens; they are strong and warm enough 
for such purposes, but massed in close proximity, their peculiar warming and 
illuminating powers are much more strikingly illustrated. 
