Pear growing, it will be Been from the following extract, can not be an unprofitable culture in England, with all the defects of climate. If we were to go into some details in this way, in regard to profits of Pear trees here, we might make some statements that would surprise people:

"An observation of M. de Jonghe, in one of your late Numbers, to the effect that England, from mismanagement, is tributary to Belgium for Pears, induces me to remark the high price mi which this fruit is retailed in Covent Garden, 1 have seldom been able to purchase first-rate winter fruit such as Winter Nelis, Beurre Ranee, Easter Beurre, or Ne plus Meuris, under 64 a piece, and never under 4d Now let us suppose an acre stocked with pyramidal trees, at six feet apart, there is room for 1210. In good conditicn, they surely ought to produce two dozen Pears each; but let us suppose that every other tree is absolutely barren every alternate year; the average will then be a dozen fruit per tree. Let us now assume that even of this dozen one-half is cracked, pecked, rotten, or otherwise unsaleable; there will remain half-a-dozen in good condition. Let us halve these again, and suppose that only three Can be retailed at the full price of 6d, and that the other three will only produce 4d each. We have thus 2a 6d, per tree, or 1521. per acre.

What the retailer's profit is I know not, but assuming him to be contented with 62 per cent, he will pay the grower 100. Now 100/. an acre seems an enormous return, even after allowing that the trees, at la, 6d, each, must originally have cost 90/., and that annual expenses, such as rent, taxes, and labor, have to be deducted. Hence we may conclude, either that Pear-growers are driving a most lucrative trade, or else that amateurs must not, on an average of years, expect a return from their pyramidal trees of even six good fruit from each. The culture of standards is usually considered more profitable than pyramids. If so, market gardeners, who almost always plant standards, will actually realise larger profits than those I have indicated above, S.B, Bromley, in Gard. Chron".

HeliotRopEs, owing to their agreeable fragrance and cheerful-looking flowers, are always especial favorites in the flower garden, and when successfully cultivated in pots they are very ornamental in a greenhouse. The only fault belonging to them as bedding plants is their being so tender as to be often destroyed by frost early in the season, while other occupants of the flower garden continue in perfection. Notwithstanding this, however, they must still be cultivated, both out-doors and in, more especially as the varieties have become so greatly improved of late, both in habit of growth and richness of color. Voltaireanvm nanum is one of the very best, having high colored flowers, and a dwarf, compact habit, as have also eorymboewm and Souvenir de Liege; all these answer either for bedding or pot culture, Cuttings taken off early in August, and placed in an old Melon or Cucumber frame, in a mixture of leaf-mould, sand, and garden soil, root freely. They should, however, be inserted rather firmly in thoroughly well drained 6-inch pots, placing a portion of the rough sittings of the soil over the crocks, to keep the mould from being washed down among them.

Many complaints have at different times been made with respect to their damping oft No doubt, if taken off too late in the autumn, or put in badly drained pots, this may happen; but if put in early in August, or early in spring, not one in a hundred will fail. As soon as they are sufficiently rooted, pot them singly into 3-inch pots, in a mixture. of leaf-mould, loam, and sand, and replace them in the frame, keeping them rather close and shaded from the midday sun until they have become well established, frequently sprinkling them over-head with a fine rosed watering pot When well rooted remove them to the most convenient place for wintering them in; and if other accommodation cannot be afforded* they may remain in their cutting pots until spring. Their heads should frequently be pinched out to keep them bushy; for those who have but little convenience for housing bedding plants will find it best to keep a few old plants in pots, and by placing them in a little bottom heat, about the end of February, they will produce abundance of cuttings, which will strike freely if placed in a single bottom-heat Care should be taken to harden them off well before they are too fully exposed to the open air, and as a role they should always be the last plants bedded out.

A plant or two should also be turned out in the borders of the conservatory, or in some corner of the greenhouse, to furnish flowers for bouauets. As a not riant the Heliotrope is vainable both for its fragrance and color, and under good management the above named varieties will form handsome specimens, Yonng plants for this purpose should be started in a moist gentle heat about March, and liberally shifted into thoroughly drained pots, when found necessary, frequently pinching off the ends of the shoots, to keep them dwarf and compact The lower shoots should be tied down to the edge of the pots, and the remainder should be neatly regulated. The -plants should then be moved to a cool and more airy situation, and the syringe should be freely used in fine weather, and they should also be liberally supplied with water during the summer months, by which time they will form large handsome specimens, and should be placed in the greenhouse, where they will remain a long time in perfection. Manure water should be given freely daring the blooming season. - E.B., Gard. Chron.