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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOQIST. 
[ October, 
Our Pear crop is by no means satisfactory. Trained on a south wall, Beurre 
Sterckmans has yielded half a crop, full-sized and clean-skinned; St. Germain, 
only a few stragglers ; Ne Plus Meuris, a fourth of a crop, small, badly spotted, 
scarcely of any use ; the same may be said of Bergamotte d'Esperen; Chau- 
mojitel, nearly a failure; Beurre Ranee , very light crop; LTnconnue, heavy 
crop ; Beurre'Biel, heavy crop, full-sized, excellent. Standard Pears are equally, 
if not more unsatisfactory ; Ne Plus Meuris gives a heavy crop, very small, badly 
spotted, useless; so with Easter Beurre and Glou Morceau; Thompson s, a heavy 
crop, full-sized, excellent; and the same may be said of Beurre d’ Amanlis, Ze'phirin 
Gre'goire, Louise <T Orleans, and Beurre Goubault; SecJcle , a very heavy crop, 
small, much spotted, and deformed ; also Bergamotte d’Esperen; Beurre Leon le 
Clerc , half a crop, full-sized, excellent; Beurre' Clairgeau , medium crop, full- 
sized, clear-skinned ; Beurre'cVAremberg, a full crop, small, much spotted, useless ; 
Winter Nells, half a crop, small, and spotted ; Beurre Biel , a full crop, small, 
useless ; Broompark , a heavy crop, full-sized, excellent; the same may be said 
of Bon Chretien, Knight’s Monarch, Beurre Buhaume , and Alexandre Lambre'. 
Without exception, our Stewing varieties, which consist of the following kinds, 
have cropped heavily :—Cat Mac, Black Pear of Worcester, Bellissime d’Hirer, 
Leon le Clerc, and Uvedales St. Germain. 
Standard Cherries have been a total failure, and, except in the case of the 
Morello , which has cropped heavily, those kinds trained against an east wall, 
comprising Bigarreau de Hollande, Florence, Bigarreau Jaboulay, Bigarreau 
Esperen , and Black Tartarian, have not yielded more than a third part of a 
crop. Standard Plums and Damsons are a failure. Trained on a south-west aspect, 
Quetsche St. Martin gives half a crop; Reine Claude d’Octobre, a mere sprink¬ 
ling ; Cods Golden Brop, half a crop ; Jefferson, a full crop ; Imperiale de Milan, 
heavy crop ; Green Gage, a mere sprinkling; Reine Claude de Bar ay, half a crop. 
Raspberries have been a good crop. Strawberries flowered abundantly, but 
set badly, owing to all but incessant rain. Black Currants have been a failure ; 
Red Currants half a crop; Gooseberries abundant; Figs, only a few straggling 
fruits.—A lexander Cramb, Tortworth. 
DRACAENA MOOREANA. 
HIS fine variety of Braccena, which was named by Messrs. Veitch and 
Sons in compliment to the Director of the Sydney Botanic Garden, is one 
of the many important discoveries of the late Mr. J. G. Veitch, by whom 
it was introduced to this country. It was met with by him in the South 
Sea Islands, and proves to resemble B. Cooperi in habit, though it is distinct in 
its colouring, and larger in the size of its leaves. The figure gives a good idea 
of the aspect of a young plant. 
The Messrs. Veitch describe it as a noble plant, with the leaves two to three 
feet in length, four inches in width, and prettily undulated, while the habit is 
compact, rendering it peculiarly adapted for decoration and exhibition purposes. 
