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trodden in, the soil laid up over it, and a bell glass, or u cloche,” put on each hill; 
a watch stick is also put in, so that the state of the heat may be known. As soon 
as there is a little warmth in the soil, and if the weather is fine, as many pots of 
plants as there are hills are brought out, and a potful planted on the top of 
each, the glasses being replaced ; they are well watered and a rhubarb leaf 
is laid on each of the glasses if the sun is bright, but only on the side next 
the sun. In a few days they must have a little air. They will soon need the 
glasses to be taken off altogether. At this stage strong hooked pegs should be 
got, and each plant pegged down in a different direction. After this they will 
require nothing unless very dry weather should occur, when a good watering will 
be beneficial. The growth of this crop saves an immense deal of labour and 
anxiety as compared with that of the Round or Summer Spinach, for having 
once got it, you have it all the season. I consider it invaluable where spinach is 
one of the daily articles of demand in the kitchen.— Sherwood. 
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which 
NEW English seedling Pear, of which we take the following descriptive 
account from Dr. Hogg’s Gardeners’ Year-Book for 1871 :— 
u The fortunate raiser of that excellent Apple Mannington’s Pearmain 
has been equally successful in raising a number of seedling Pears, some of 
will, we have no doubt, become established varieties in British gardens. A 
native of the Weald of Sussex, where no more uncongenial soil and climate for 
delicate varieties of fruits could be found, this new gain of Mr. Mannington’s, which 
we now describe, has proved itself to be an autumn Pear of great excellence. 
