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delaying the pruning until spring, both parties (the birds and myself) 
are accommodated. Of course I am' not altogether void of a little 
scepticism on these points, as to utility, and most decidedly adverse 
as regards appearance. Probably at your early convenience you 
would supply me, through the Register, with a little information on 
these points ? 
Quality of Grapes. —What are the qualities and characters of 
the Black Esperion, and D’Arbyca Grapes ? 
Pears. —What are the qualities and character of the Verlaine, 
Delices Hardenpanl, Column Espineux, Belle de Jersey, and Col- 
man Josephine Pears ? 
Apple Pips. —Do the pips of apples frequently or rarely produce 
a like fruit as the apple from whence they are extracted P 
Dwarf Apple Trees. —Should Dwarf Apple Trees, planted on 
the sides of a wall, be placed directly opposite to each other, or alter¬ 
nately, as regards the beauty &c. ? 
Apple Tree.— Would an apple tree sustain any inconvenience 
from being planted near a laurel, and the roots nearly or quite come 
in contact ? T. Butler. 
Culture of Variegated Laurels, &c. in answer to a Subscri¬ 
ber, page 43.—Those who seek information through the medium of 
public periodicals would generally find their queries receive more at¬ 
tention were they themselves more particular in explaining the means 
which they possess, and the circumstances under which the informa¬ 
tion must be carried into effect. In some cases it is true, this can¬ 
not be necessary, but in many others it is highly so, and an apt illus¬ 
tration of the fact may be referred to at page 43, of the last number 
of the Register, where the following query appears : “ What is the 
best method of cultivating and propagating the variegated laurel, (or 
Liger) Laurel, Oleander, Rhododendron, Myrtle and Hydrangea ?” 
Now the ideas most likely to suggest themselves to the minds of 
those who might wish to answer the queries, would, I presume be 
something like the following: I know that in many parts of Great 
Britain the Myrtle, Rhododendron, Hydrangea, and Laurel, are per¬ 
fectly hardy; while in other parts of the country, the common Lau¬ 
rel cannot even be kept alive without protection, and as the querist, 
for ought that I know, may either reside at John OGroat’s or 
Land’s End. That my directions may, therefore, be applicable to 
that particular part of the country, in which he may chance to live, 
it will be necessary to inform him how they ought to be cultivated, 
not only at the two extremities of the island, but in almost every in- 
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termediate country. However ridiculous this mode of reasoning may 
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