Pyrus, (Philadelphia.) The non-productiveness is owing to deficiency in the soil. The best special manure that we have tried for pear trees is the bone-black of the sugar re-flners - that may be had for a trifle. Mingle it with the soil around the trees, at the rate of a peck for a trunk of the size of your wrist, and two bushels for a large-bearing tree. If your soil is worn out by long culture add ashes and a Bonne de Jersey is one of the most regular and plentiful bearors. Doyenne Boussock is large and delicious. Beurre Gris d'Hiver Nouveau is one of the finest new winter pears, melting, high flavored, and a good bearer. (It would be better to call it simply Gray winter Beurre.) Lawrence is also a first rate winter pear for the dessert! of native origin. Swan's Egg is - good for nothing. The following is the complete list of best pears for general cultivation adopted at the two meetings of the Pomological Congress. It may be taken as the results of leading fruit growers' experience, viz: Early Pear* - Made-leine,Rostiezer,Dearborn'sSeedling,B1oodgood, Andrews, Tyson. Autumn Pears - Bartlett, Golden Beurre of Bilboa, Buffum, Fondante d'Automne, Seckel, Fulton, Flemish Beauty, Beurre Bosc, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Urban-iste. Winter Pears - Winter Nelis, Beurre d'Aremberg. Fine Pears for particular localities - -White Doyenne (Butter pear or Virga-lieu,) Gray Doyenne. Late cooking Pears - Vicar of Winkfleld, Avedale, St. Germain or Pound. In selecting a site for pears choose an aspect not too warm or southern, for the direct sun does harm in mid-summer and mid-winter; choose or make a deep soil, keep your trees low and bushy, and always protect the roots in summer by mulching the surface of the ground.

Shrubs. - A Lady Gardener, (Pittsburgh, Pa.) The best shrubs for small grounds are not those solely remarkable for beauty of blossom or fruit, for these usually last but a few days, but those with good foliage and fine habit of growth. It is better to multiply such, than to have a great variety - merely for the sake of variety - if your object is picturesque embellishment rather than botanical rarity. We recommend to you, as answering this description the following: Virginian Fringe tree (grows 6 or 8 feet,) Venetian Sumac, (10 feet,) Cornelian Cherry, (10 feet,) Purple Strawberry tree, (7 feet,) Oak leaved Hydrangea (3 feet,) Magnolia obovata, (6 feet;) Early white Viburnum, (8 feet;) Rose Weigela, (8 feet,) Rough leaved Deutzia, (4 feet;) Spirea Lindlyeana, (3feet;) Tartarian bush Honeysuckles, 8 sorts, (8 to 5 feet;) Dwarf Horse Chestnut, (8 feet;) Tree

Paeonies, (2 1/2 feet.) Manure your shrubberies by top-dressing them with manure at this season of the year - rather than spring, and you will find the advantage of it.