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COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS. 
The dozen terms having been got perfectly, by going over them 
once and again, as well as the order in which the parts of the 
flower are placed on the five circles, the learner may next be taught 
how to find the class in which any flower is ranked by Linnaeus. 
—" J. Rennie in the Handbook of Botany , a review of which ivill 
appear in our next." 
Baking Pears.— Double Blossomed Fear.—In use from January 
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to May. This pear, originally from France, has two good properties, 
it being both useful and ornamental. Miller says, “it is the best 
pear in the world for baking or comfits.” The fruit are full the mid¬ 
dle size; the eye is small; stalk long and straight; general colour 
green, becoming yellow when ripe, but retaining a dash of reddish 
purple on the sunward side. The skin is smooth and thin; flesh 
tender and juicy, and certainly a fine fruit for the oven. The tree 
belongs to the first class in the orchard, being of stately growth. 
Cadillac Pear. —In use from December to April, or longer. 
This is one of the best, for either the cook or confectioner, and has 
been long in this country. The fruit are large, and of great diame¬ 
ter near the eye, diminishing rapidly towards the stalk, which is 
short, thick, and strongly inserted in a shallow cavity ; colour 
brownish yellow, with a red blotch next the sun; the whole yellow 
when ripe. This is a hardy and gross-feeding tree, very common 
about old farm houses, where it attains a large size. The tree how¬ 
ever requires shelter, as the heavy fruit are liable to be thinned by 
the wind before they are ripe. 
Uvedales St. Germain Pear. —In use from December to May. 
This is the largest pear grown in this country, weighing sometimes 
from thirty to forty ounces. The fruit are of a long shape, greatest 
diameter near the eye, somewhat contracted about the middle, and 
tapering bluntly towards the stalk, which is short and thick. The 
eye is large and in a hollow: general colour dark green, intermixed 
with russet, and sometimes red tinted towards the sun. The skin is 
thin and smooth; and though not so high coloured when stewed or 
baked as the Cadillac, *it is equally well flavoured. It forms a fine 
healthy tree, and of stately growth, but unsuitable for the orchard, 
by reason of the heavy fruit, which are shaken from the tree with 
the least puff of wind. As an espalier, or on an east wall, it well re¬ 
pays for the space allowed and care bestowed on it, as it is a good 
bearer, and equally serviceable in the second course of high cookery, 
as the more delicious pears are in the dessert. 
The finest tree of this sort which the writer had under his care, 
was a dwarf planted against a wall, and trained with two upright 
