add another which has proved to be of nearly equal merit. There are others of his seedlings which are said to be excellent, but these are all we have found worthy of cultivation among the kinds which we have had the opportunity of trying

The Henrietta, (fig. 42,) is a medium sized and pretty pear, and the tree is hardy, vigorous, and very productive. It also ripens the last of August and early in September, before Williams's Bon Chrétien and other larger varieties are in eating.

Size, medium, about two and a half inches long, and two and a quarter in diameter: Form, obovate, inclining to oval, tapering towards each end, and rather obtuse at the stem: Skin, fair, smooth, dull yellow, thickly covered with large. crimson dots on the sunny side, and slightly russeted at the base of the stem: Stem, medium length, about one inch long, moderately stout, smooth, curved, and inserted little on one side in a shallow cavity: Eye, medium size, closed, and rather deeply inserted in an abruptly depressed and furrowed basin; segments of the calyx slender, projecting: Flesh, white, rather course, melting, and juicy: Flavor, rich, saccharine, and pleasantly perfumed: Core, large: Seeds, medium size, obtuse, very dark. Ripe the last of August and beginning of September.

83. LEE'S SEEDLING.

This is the name we have given to a very good pear, (fig. 43.) sent to us by J. C. Lee, Esq., of Salem, in whose garden it originated a few years since. Three years ago, when it came into bearing, Mr. Lee informs us, it did not appear to possess much merit, but, last season, it was a great deal better, and the present year, we found the specimens sent to us to be exceedingly good, sufficiently so to merit a place in a large collection of pears. It possesses somewhat the appearance of the Seckel, having a russety skin, and a brownish red cheek, and it has much of the spicy aroma which gives the Seckel its high character. If the flesh was more melting, it would rank among our best pears.

Size, medium, about two and a half inches long, and two

and a half in diameter: Form, roundish oval, largest in the middle, tapering to each end, and obtuse at the stem: Skin, slightly rough, pale greenish russet, and little browned on the sunny side, and covered with minute russet specks: Stem, short, about half an inch long, moderately stout, fleshy at the

Fig. 43. Lee's Seedling.

base, and obliquely inserted without any cavity: Eye, medium size, open, and slightly depressed in a very small shallow basin; segments of the calyx short, round: Flesh, white, little coarse, half melting and juicy: Flavor, rich, sugary, and brisk, with a spicy roma: Core, large: Seeds, small. Ripe in September.

84. HANNErs.

Hannas, of various collections.

It has generally been supposed that the Hanners pear, (fig. 44,)—incorrectly called Hannas-was a foreign variety, and that the original tree was imported from France. We had formerly entertained this opinion, but when, among all the

numerous varieties which have been received from abroad during the last twenty years, this has not been found among those which have fruited, we concluded there must have been some error in the generally received opinion of its foreign origin, and that it should be considered a native fruit. Impressed with this opinion, we recently called on Mr. Hanners, who resides in Boston, and who is now upwards of eighty years of age, and gathered the following facts, which show con

Fig. 44. Hanners.

clusively that it is a native variety, which probably originated in this city.

Before the Revolution, a large tract of land on Federal street was owned and occupied by Col. Webb, as a garden and pasture. Mr. Hanners's garden adjoined that of Col. Webb. At that time, Col. Webb had several fine pear trees, as well as other kinds of fruit, in his garden, many of which, especially the pears, were imported from England. Mr. Han

grafted. This was The three trees were

ners had two pear trees growing in his garden, and these he had grafted with scions procured from Col. Webb's trees. One of them was the White Doyenné, (or St. Michael,) and the other the St. Germain. Some time subsequent to the planting of these trees, he had a small pear tree from Col. Webb's garden, which had not been the one now known as the Hanners. all that were planted in Mr. Hanners's garden, and they were all growing and bearing fruit, up to 1844, when the place. was sold, and the trees cut down. Mr. Hanuers's daughter also stated to us, that she well recollects when the tree first came into bearing; she had been to school, and, when she came home, her parents showed her some of the pears, which had just been gathered, and she then remarked that they looked "more like squashes than pears" from the remarkably obtuse form of the stem end, which gives this variety a resemblance to a bell squash. The fruit was very large the first year, when it bore only a small quantity. It continued to produce an abundant crop of fine pears.

The late Mr. Manning introduced this pear to notice. He first saw it in the market where it was sold as the St. Michael, and generally brought the handsome price of fifty to seventyfive cents per dozen. Tracing the pear to Mr. Hanners's garden, he procured a few of the scions, and subsequently exhibited the fruit; since which period, it has been considerably disseminated, and, from its excellence, deserves a place in every good collection. It greatly resembles the Cushing in quality, having the same very melting flesh and yellow skin. Mr. Manning and some amateurs in Salem have doubted whether it should not be considered as a synonyme of the latter; but its very obtuse form should at once set at rest all such doubts, how much so ever they may otherwise appear similar. If this is not sufficient, the growth of the tree, color of the wood, and form of the leaf, should at once do so. The shoots of the Hanners are upright, and of a dull yellow, while those of the Cushing are partially spreading and of a dull red; and the leaves of the Cushing are considerably serrated, while those of the Hanners are nearly entire.

Size, large, about three inches long, and two and a half in diameter: Form, oblong, full at the crown, little contracted in

the middle, and very broad and obtuse at the stem: Skin, fair, smooth, yellowish green, becoming pale yellow when mature, and regularly covered with large, conspicuous, pale russet specks: Stem, rather long, about one and a quarter inches, stout, curved, much swollen at the base, and obliquely inserted in a rather shallow open cavity: Eye, small, open, and slightly sunk in a small shallow basin; segments of the calyx short, round: Flesh, white, fine, melting, and very juicy: Flavor, rich, sprightly, vinous, and little perfumed: Core, large: Seeds, medium size, long and pointed. Ripe in September.

ART. II. Garden Notes. By Dr. M. A. WARD, Athens, Ga.

May 1.-I have often heard it asserted that, although the common English ivy would grow in common soil, and flourish indifferently well on trees and wooden walls, yet it would only flower when supported on old stone work. Last autumn, a stem of it, running up the north side of my house on a wooden wall, and near the tin water spout, not only flowered profusely, but set and ripened all its fruit. It proved quite ornamental. Its dense clusters of large, curiously acorn-shaped berries of a jet black wherever the thick ash-colored bloom happened to be rubbed off, remained all winter quite undisturbed by birds or insects, though looking very temptingly. It was not till one morning in the first part of April that I saw a pair of mocking-birds exploring the vine, and, after some time, they began to peck at and taste the berries-very slowly and cautiously—as if aware that they were experimenting upon unknown aliment. The rascals seemed perfectly conscious that they were not Black Tartarian cherries. The next morning I looked, and not a berry was left.

May 12.-Echinocactus Ottònis has a very fine flower fully expanded. The plant is about six years old, and five inches in diameter. Last year, it showed two buds, but they fell off when half grown. They come out on the ridges at some distance from the central crown, where I expected to see them, as I believe is the manner of most melo-cacti. The flower