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THE FLOBIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ August, 
tlie place lias suffered very much indeed from the piercing east winds accompanied 
with severe frost which occurred on February 12 of the present year, but I hope 
they will recover in due time. Such a combination of wind and frost is 
by far the most severe that has occurred during my experience, and I shall be 
very agreeably surprised if we do not find, as the season advances, that more 
injury than we expect has been done. 
9. Cruptomeria japonica: planted in 1847, is 40 ft. high, and has a circum¬ 
ference of 3 ft. 4 in. The timber of this tree is said to be verv valuable, and 
certainly the slow rate at which the stem increases, in comparison with others of 
the same age, might lead to the inference that its timber would be closer-grained 
and stronger, as a larch which is grown slowly in an exposed situation, is of better 
quality than one grown much faster in a low and sheltered place. 
By -way of comparison, the following authentic facts with regard to the 
present size of older trees may be useful as a guide. A Scotch Fir planted in 
1808 is now 65 ft. high, with a circumference of stem of 8 ft. at a yard from the 
ground. A Silver Fir planted at the same time is 80 ft. high, with a circum¬ 
ference of 9 ft. 6 in. Three Cedars of Lebanon also planted in 1808 have each a 
full circumference of 9 ft., and an average height of 65 ft. The timber of this 
tree is valueless where strength is required, being very brittle, and incapable of 
bearing any strain ; it has a powerful and very agreeable odour, and pieces of it 
placed among the clothes in a wardrobe help to keep the moths in check. A 
Turkey Oak (Qiiercus Cerris) planted in 1808 is 60 ft. high, with a circumference 
of 8 ft. A Cork Tree {Qaercus Saber) planted in 1808 is nearly 70 ft. high, and 
has a circumference of 7 ft. 9 in. A Birch planted at the same time as the last 
is 60 ft. in height, and has a circumference of 6 ft. 6 in. Lastly, a Common Oak^ 
the acorn of which was sown in the place where the tree now stands in November, 
1807, is about 60 ft. high, and the bole is 6 ft. 2 in. in circumference at a yard 
from the ground.— John Cox, Redleaf. 
THE PEARS AT T014TWORTH COURT. 
ESUMINGr my annotated list of the Pears grown in the gardens at this 
place, at the point where it was broken off at page 12,1 proceed to record 
my experience of the several varieties, in the hope that my observations 
may prove useful to many of your readers :— 
Berganiotte Esperen .—This is a rough-skinnod and rather unprepossessing variety, but 
■withal of sterling merit,—one of our very best late kinds. When grown as an open standard 
the flavom* is somewhat uncertain, and the fruit subject to black spots, caused by a species 
of fungus, which renders it perfectly useless. Few Pears are more productive, so much so, 
that it requires a liberal thinning. To bring out its real properties, it should be trained against 
a south, an east, or a west wall, when the flesh is exceedingly tender, melting, juicy, and 
sugary. An ordinary-sized fruit weighs from 8 oz. to 9 oz.; begins to ripen usually during the 
second week in December, and continues in use till the end of January. 
Bergamot, GanseVs Late .—I have grown this pear under widely different circumstances, 
trained on walls of varied aspects, as well as open standards, and in every case have found it 
worthless. When the fruit did become soft, the flesh was coarse, dry, and gritty. 
