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in this country, nor has it even an English name, except that given it by 
Lindley, which is only a translation from the French. It is a variety grown 
extensively about Paris for the supply of the markets, where it may be seen, 
about the middle and end of September, exposed for sale in large quantities— 
it is, in fact, quite the Pear of the Paris costermonger. There is great confusion 
about the synonymes of this Pear; Forsyth very absurdly makes it synonymous 
with Brown Beurre. 
ANGLETERRE D’HIVER.— Bull. 
Identification. —Duh. Arb. Fruit, ii. 198. Cal. Traite. ii. 368. Hort. Soc. Cat. 
ed. 3. p. 122. 
Fruit about medium size, inches wide, and 3^ inches long, pyriform, and 
rounded at the apex. Skin smooth, of a clear citron yellow colour, and marked 
with yellow spots. Eye open, set in a rather shallow and plaited basin. Stalk 
'three-quarters of an inch long, and obliquely inserted without depression. 
Flesh very white, fine, delicate, and crisp, with a sweet and agreeable flavour, 
but after maturity soon becomes mealy. 
A culinary Pear, of good quality, in season from November till March. 
The tree may be grown either on the pear or the quince, but does best on 
the pear. It bears well as a standard, and is of free and vigorous growth. 
ANGLETERRE DE NOISETTE.— Nois. 
Identification. —Nois. Man. No. 62. 
Synonymes. —Grosse Angleterre de Noisette, Bon. Jard. 1849.195. Beurre Noisette 
Anglaise, Ditt. Handb. iii. 149. Noisette’s Grosse Englische Butterbirne, Ibid. 
This is a variety raised from seed by M. Noisette, of Paris, and is larger 
and later than the preceding. The fruit is pyriform, 2^- to 3 inches long. 
Skin pale yellow, covered with small red dots on the side next the sun, and 
the whole surface thickly sprinkled with cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye open, 
and placed level with the surface. Stalk 1 inch to IT long, inserted on the 
end of the fruit. Flesh white, buttery, and melting, juicy, sweet, and 
pleasantly-flavoured. 
A good second-rate Pear, ripe in the end of September and October. 
( To be continued.') IT. 
THE PROPAGATION OF “BEDDING” GERANIUMS. 
That “bedding” Geraniums are invaluable for flower-garden decoration is 
proved by the large space which we now see them occupy, and by the great 
demand there is for novelties, and the endeavours to meet that demand; for we 
have every season one or more gems added to them. This will be ample 
apology for a few remarks on their propagation. 
Fortunately their propagation and culture is very simple indeed: cuttings 
may be struck of nearly all the sorts the whole year round, from the 1st January 
to the 31st December; but they will strike with much less labour at some 
seasons than at others, and at none more easily than during the next two 
months, when cuttings can be obtained in abundance. At this season they 
root freely in the open border, without the aid of glass or hotbed, and with 
little or no shading. Thus the humblest amateur or cottager can root any 
quantity, which, when put in pots, boxes, or anything which will hold some 
soil, he may easily keep over winter in any room where they will not get 
frozen, and where they can get some light and a little air occasionally. Many 
of the sorts, especially the variegated ones, are difficult to strike under glass 
