Madeleine ripened from July 10th to 22d. Meynard, July 22d to 31st Jargonelle, July 27th to 30th. Osband's Summer, July 30th. Bloodgood, July 29th to August 5th, Belle of Brussels, August 1st to 22d. Deux fois 1'an, August 2d to 13th. Sanspeau, August 4th to 14th Dearborn's Seedling, August 4th to 15 th. Tyson, August 4th to 30th. Summer Franc-real, August 5th to 15th. Schenek's, August 5th to 25th. Julienne, August 8th to 80th. Summer Rose, August 6th to 30th. Steinmetz Catharine, August 10th to 30th. Bartlett, August 10th to September 20th. Washington, August 15th to September 5th. St Ghislain, August 20th to September 10th. Flemish Beauty, August 22d to September 22d. Fondante de Malines, Stevens' Genesee, Capiaumont, Andrews, Fondante d'Automne, Napoleon, Lodge and Diller, all ripened August 25th, and continued until September 5th and 7th, except Capiaumont, which was " very good " until September 30th. Doyenne Boussouck, August 29th to September 5th. Pennsylvania, August 30th to September 10th. Hawthorn, August 25th to September 18th. Hews, August 25th to September 7 th.

Seckel, September 1st to October 15th.

You are at liberty to use these " rough notes " as suits your convenience, and can have a continuance of " more material, if desirable".

It would probably meet your views, if in future none should- be given unless they are deemed worthy of culture in this location, or rank at least " very good." Such are not all of the above. J. K. E. - Dowington, Pa.

Pears #1

By what rule is the Nelis classed among winter Pears! Mine ripen even in the cellar early in November. I had but a few specimens this fall, but they were sweet and delicious.

Can you not give tome "hints" in regard to setting a email garden to fruit trees and abrube, that we of the West may combine the useful with the ornamental! I have a garden about 50 by 100, which I am anxious to cultivate to the very best advantage. How and what kinds shall I set to have the fruit soonest and the greatest variety - say of Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries, 4c, etc., of all kinds that will succeed in this latitude! A few hints in your excellent work, the Horticulturist will be acceptable to at least one subscriber. L. M. M. - Sheboygan Falls, Wis.

We will endeavor to comply with your request; but we will thank you to state if you wish to plant your entire 50 by 100 with fruit trees, and whether it be a front garden or not. These circumstances will necessarily modify the advice we may give you.

Pears #2

The Bloodgood and Dearborn's Seedling, recommended for further trial Madeleine, too subject to blight. Bartlett, best for general cultivation. Flemish Beauty, one of the best Louise Bonne de Jersey, very good. Seckel, the best Washington, not sufficiently tested. Beurre Diel, not sufficiently tested. White Doyenne and Easter Beurre, best for general cultivation. Prince's St Germain, too little known. Wimer Nelis, good winter Pear - not successful in all localities. Passe Colmar, very good. Des Nones and Hosenschenck were introduced and recommended by A. Fahnestock, of Syracuse, N. Y.

A paper was read containing remarks on the cultivation of the Pear by Professor Kirtland, of Ohio, embodying much valuable information touching the nature of the blight, the benefit resulting from the application of special manure, the elements most essential to their successful production, etc. Other papers were referred.

Pears #1

In the South of England, pears can be grown on pyramids with so much success, "barring" spring frosts, that there is no occasion to let them occupy room in the orchard house; still, in seasons like that of 1850, when, in even the most favored districts, all the blossoms were destroyed by spring frosts, I felt much gratification in having about a dozen trees in pots on quince stocks covered with fine fruit, - and more highly flavored Brown Beurres I have never tasted. Their culture is very simple, for trees on quince stocks that have been root-pruned may be potted any time in the autumn, or even as late as February, and yet give a crop the first season after potting; as they set their fruit very thickly, they must be severely thinned the first season, and eight or ten pears ought to be the maximum of a crop. In two or three years a well-managed tree will be able to give from eighteen to two dozen finely-grown fruit. In the North this method of culture will be found both eligible and interesting; for glass without fire-heat will give just the climate suitable to the finer sorts of pears.

The pear-tree, when grafted on the quince, seems to be quite at home in a pot. I have some trees that have now been five years in 13-inch pots; they are in the most perfect health, and the stock seems to swell with the graft, showing that existing circumstances are favorable to its growth. I am inclined to attribute this healthy state of the stock, and consequently of the tree, to the roots of the quince enjoying, if I may so express it, the warm atmosphere which surrounds the pots during the whole summer; for my trees have been placed, unplunged, out of doors in the sun: in warm dry soils however, to economise water, it would be advisable to plunge the pots one-third of their depth in the soil. Pear-trees are gross feeders, and should have three or four surface-dressings of manure during the summer.

Pears deserve to be grown extensively in pots; and in climates liable to spring frosts, or in gardens having but little space for the finer kinds of pears on walls, a pear house may be built, as recommended for plums. The trees may be treated exactly in the same way, and abundant crops of fair-sized fruit obtained. Pears ripened under glass require attention as to the proper time of gathering them; they must not be suffered to hang too long on the trees; for in 1854, and again in 1855, in two or three instances, I had pears on my trees which were grown under glass all the season; these, although of fine size, and most beautiful in appearance, having clear skins of a fine golden color, without speck or blemish, never became soft; I was for some little time, I must confess, entirely at a loss to account for this curious fact, as all circumstances seemed so favorable to the ripening process; but I believe I have now discoved the cause. In the autumn of 1855 I allowed some Louise Bonne pears, some Passe Colmar, and a few other kinds, growing in the open air on trees well sheltered, so that no wind could displace them, to remain on the trees till the first week in November; they were remarkably beautiful, both in form and color, and the fine dry weather we had for so long a period seemed so favorable that I felt unwilling to gather them: these pears never ripened.

I am, therefore, led to conclude that pears under glass should be gathered early, i. e.t as soon as they will part from their foot-stalks when lifted. From not being disturbed by the wind when under glass they will hang a long time, and one is loath to rob the trees of their ornaments: they thus become hard and worthless from a species of over-indnlgence.

From recent experience, I am induced to recommend that in the South of England pear-trees should always be removed from the orchard house in July, and suffered to ripen their fruit in the open air, in a sheltered yet sunny situation; their flavor will then be piquant and racy, more so than that of fruit gathered from wall trees.

The trees should be formed into bushes, as recommended for apricots, plums, etc.; the young shoots pinched in June, and the leading shoot of each divergent branch shortened in August to six inches; so that the tree gradually, but slowly, increases in size, every part being furnished with blossom-buds. An abundant top-dressing of the strong compost recommended for apricots must be given in spring, even laid up above the rim of the pot; and such gross feeders are they, that manure-water may be given to them every day in summer with advantage. The most prolific and eligible sorts for pot culture are, the Brown Beurre; Easter Beurr6; Glou Morceau; Bergamotte d'Esperen; Gansel's Bergamot; Doyenne Gris; Beurr6 d'Aremberg; Beurre de Ranee; Louise Bonne; Marie Louise; Passe Colmar; Josephine de Malines; Grassane: Winter Nelis; Beurre Glairgeau; Prince Albert; and Van Mons (Leon le Clerc). The above are all autumn and winter pears. If summer pears are desired, Doyonne d'Ete, Jargonelle, Citron des Cannes, and Colmar d'Ete, may be potted. In the North, where these early varieties do not ripen kindly in the open air, their culture under glass will give much satisfaction, for they may be brought to the dessert with their fruit in full maturity.

I need not, I trusty say more about this really new and interesting mode of cultivating pears. My readers will, I hope, see its advantages, and many of them venture to put it in practice. I may, I trust, be allowed to add, that if I lived in an unfavorable pear climate, and wished for a certain supply of fine winter pears, I should fill a house with those two most delicious kinds, Josephine de Malines and Winter Nelis, which, unlike some sorts, ripen under glass with their full flavor.