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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
and flavour, and of wliicli grafts and young trees have been distributed this 
season for the first time, Mr. Huyshe having with unusual generosity placed 
the distribution of this variety in the hands of the Council of the Royal 
Horticultural Society. 
Princess of Wales is not one of the largest of these varieties, it being 
surpassed in this respect both by Prince of Wales and Prince Consort, yet 
it is not a small fruit, but one of good average size, and measuring fully 
3 inches long by 2£ inches broad. Its shape is variable, as may be seen 
by the accompanying woodcuts in which one fruit is represented as rather 
more cylindrical than the other, and with “ a waist,” as Mr. Huyshe happily 
termed it. The skin is of a smooth lemon colour, mottled and traced all 
over with thin cinnamon-coloured russet, similar to that of Marie Louise. 
The eye is open with erect acute segments, and set in a rather shallow basin. 
The stalk is short and stout, and inserted in a deepish cavity. The flesh 
is of a deep yellow colour, smooth-grained, very melting and juicy, richly 
flavoured, and with a high aroma. The fruit is ripe in the end of Novem¬ 
ber, and will keep well on till Christmas, so that it is not one of those 
numerous varieties which are in use in early autumn when so many other 
kinds are ripe, but comes in at a time when good Pears are becoming 
really scarce and valuable. 
V H. 
THE EFFECTS OF THE FROST OF JANUARY, 1867. 
Of the species of Abies, which comprise some very beautiful and valu¬ 
able trees, I can report that all the most important are safe, although 
several, such as A. Morinda from the Himalayas, planted in 1832, and 
approaching 60 feet in height; A. Douglasii from California, of the same 
height; and A. Menziesii from California, 40 feet high, have been slightly 
injured in the foliage, which, although quite green, blew off the trees most 
abundantly during the prevalence of the high winds which occurred some 
time after the frost. It is singular, however, that in the case of Morinda 
and Douglasii, only the foliage formed in 1864 and 1865 has been killed, 
that of 1866 remaining perfectly uninjured, whilst Menziesii has lost only 
a small portion of its young green foliage. A. Brunoniana from Nepal is 
very much cut up ; but all the others that we possess, such as A. Pinsapo 
from Spain, A. orientalis from Tauria and the Caucasus, A. elegans a 
subvariety of the Norway Spruce, A. Clanbrasiliana, which is, I believe, a 
sport from the common Spruce originating at Moira in Ireland, and of 
which there is a solid lump of foliage 8 feet in diameter and 6 feet high, 
and probably thirty years of age, are all uninjured. I mention their 
native country, because one cannot help when reviewing the subject, even 
in a casual way, being struck with the bearing which the native country has 
upon the hardiness of many of the subjects under consideration. Taking 
A. Brunoniana as an example, it is in every respect as regards growth, 
habit, and manner of coning, identical with the Hemlock Spruce of Canada, 
except that the foliage and cones are a trifle larger, and the leaves more 
silvery on the under side ; and yet the Hemlock Spruce will bear uninjured 
a very much lower temperature than will suffice to kill Brunoniana. 
I am sorry to say that the Cedrus Deodara is very much cut up, many 
of the trees being now entirely denuded of foliage, so as to resemble the 
deciduous Larch rather than the evergreen Cedar; but there is still great 
hope that they will eventually recover, as the buds are swelling fast, and 
