1868. ] 
DOYENNE DU COMICE PEAR. 
209 
of it with blooming Ivy. I may further remark that though Ivy will root 
and creep in all kinds of ways, still I never observed it cling to a wall or tree 
downwards, and the same may be said of both the Irish and Russian kinds. 
This latter has very broad, heart-shaped, thick, shining leaves, and is of 
comparatively recent introduction into this country, but the beauty of both 
is inferior to that of the common Ivy, which adheres best to walls, and its 
festoons hang down more gracefully from trees. 
Cosseij Park Gardens , Norwich. J. Wighton. 
DOYENNE DU COMICE PEAR. 
« HIS is one of the newer French Pears, and is one of first-class 
excellence, coming into use in the months of October and November. 
f The fruit is large and obovate, with a smooth skin, and when 
ripe of a yellowish green colour, with here and there irregular 
patches of russet on the sunny side, which is also frequently flushed 
with red. The eye is small, and set in an even basin; and the stalk is 
short and thick, in¬ 
terne, but in regard to flavour it is much superior to that variety and more 
like Marie Louise, or Glou Morceau. It keeps longer fit for use than 
