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BEURRE 1)E JONGHE PEAR-CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES. 
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In fixing boilers there should never be any stone or iron exposed to 
the action of the fire, except the part containing water, and the furnace 
bars, for they will soon burn away, especially if coke is used as fuel. We 
have thirty-six fires here, in which coke is burnt, and the fireplaces are all 
set with firebrick. 
Chatsicorth. James Taplin. 
BEURRE DE JONGHE PEAR. 
MONG the varieties of Pears that are sure to occupy a permanent place 
in our collections of hardy fruit trees, that which bears the name 
of M. De Jonghe, of Brussels, must without doubt become one. 
J As yet it is but little known, 
not having, so far as we 
are aware, been ripened in this 
country ; but from what we have 
seen of it in Belgium, and judging 
from fruit grown in the neighbour¬ 
hood of Brussels, we have no hesi¬ 
tation in speaking of it as one 
of the finest Pears in cultivation. 
The fruit is very handsome 
in its shape and outline, being- 
even and regularly formed. The 
skin is yellow, very thinly covered 
with bright russet, which gives it 
a golden appearance. The eye is 
open, and set in a shallow basin. 
Stalk very short, inserted on the 
end of the fruit. Flesh yellowish, 
very tender, buttery, and melt¬ 
ing ; as much so as in Marie 
Louise, but far richer in flavour, 
and with a fine perfume. It ripens i 
in the middle of February.—R. H.S 
SOME OF THE BEST CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES. 
CjfpXEW, if any, of our hardy florists’ flowers are more deservedly admired 
than the Carnation, and its allies the Cloves, Picotees, &c., and yet 
the cultivation of them seems to have got very much in the back¬ 
ground, which may arise from want of encouragement for them 
at the meetings and exhibitions of floral societies. It was pitiable 
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