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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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much, as possible, for by so doing they can be had in flower for a considerable time. 
I have had flowering all the winter, small plants, which were cuttings last July. 
The plants will grow well in a frame during the summer. In winter, keep 
them in a house where the temperature ranges from 50° to 60°, and supply them 
freely with water. The flowers produced from pot plants are not so large as 
those from planted-out specimens growing at random, but they last much 
longer in perfection, and the petals do not drop so soon as they do in the larger 
flowers. Taking it altogether, I consider this one of our best winter decorative 
flowering plants, its white petals and very singular nectaries being certain to 
command attention and admiration.—J. Smith, Exton Park , Putland. 
CASSANTE DU COMICE PEAR. 
variety, which was raised by the Horticultural Society of Angers, has 
been grown and fruited in this country, and proves to be well adapted to 
our climate. The following description is from English-grown fruit:— 
The fruit is roundish, or bergamot-shaped, a little uneven on its surface. 
The skin is of a dull yellow ground-colour, considerably covered with rough 
brown russet, which leaves large patches of the ground-colour visible. The eye 
is partially closed, with incurved segments, and set in a considerable depression. 
