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THE CULTIVATOR. 
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from the porch. The octagonal par¬ 
lor, the library B, and the bed-room 
C, are all of easy access from the 
central passage. The veranda D is 
entered by windows reaching down 
to the floor. 
The plan of the second story is ex¬ 
hibited in Fig. 3, and shows five large 
bed rooms, and' two smaller ones— 
furnishing, altogether, ample accom¬ 
modations for a considerable family, 
and occasional visitors. This dwell¬ 
ing is adapted to the wants of the 
larger and more wealthy class of 
farmers. 
Pyramidal Fear Trees. 
This mode of training may be applied to trees grow¬ 
ing on both pear and quince stocks. We never saw 
handsomer pyramids than those of Hovey & Co., ot 
Boston, worked on the pear. They make larger and 
more vigorous trees 
than on quince, and 
with che exception 
of the few varie¬ 
ties which seem to 
be peculiarly at 
home on quince 
stocks, more dura¬ 
ble ones. Kept pro¬ 
perly pruned, they 
need never become 
too large for garden 
planting. When the 
choice can be made 
we would recom¬ 
mend both kinds 
of stocks for pyra¬ 
mids, according to 
the variety under 
propagation. 
Quince should be 
chos’n for such sorts 
as Louise Bonne 
Jersey, Diel, An- 
gouleme, Easter 
Beurre, &c.; and 
pear for Bartlett, 
Doyenne d’ Ete, Fig. 1. 
Winter Nelis, Aremberg, Onondaga, &c., which often 
grow well on quince, but more so, generally on pear- 
Flemish Beauty, Bose, Autumn Paradise, Marie 
Louise, Washington and others, will grow only on 
pear stocks, except in very rare cases. Even double- 
worked trees of the latter varieties often fail or dwin¬ 
dle after a lapse of some years. 
Those who have seen very handsome specimens of 
the Norway fir, when fifteen or twenty feet high, may 
acquire from them a good idea of the form of a hand¬ 
some pyramid for the pear, except that the lower 
branches should not sweep the ground, nor the leading 
shoot or apex be quite so long and slender. 
Training and pruning are now much better under¬ 
stood, generally, than five years ago; yet there is not 
Fig. 2. 
one dwarf tree in twenty that is rightly managed, 
and we have frequent inquiries for simple directions 
on this point. The accompanying figures, and th 0 
