inserted in a very small cavity. Skin covered with russet quite round, and coloured with brown on the sunny side. Flesh pale yellow, buttery, and melting. Juice sugary, musky, and perfumed. In eating from March till May. This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 113. GILOGIL. Pom. Mag. t. 65. Gile-ô-gile. Noisette Manuel Complet. p. 531. Of some French Gardens, according to the Pom. Mag. Gros Gobet. } Fruit large, somewhat obovate, flattened at the top, and tapering but little to the stalk, about three inches and a quarter deep, and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye large, and deeply sunk in a plaited radiated hollow. Stalk an inch long, rather deeply inserted in an uneven and mostly two-lipped cavity. Skin a deep close russet, rather deeply tinged with a brownish red on the sunny side. Flesh white, juicy, breaking, a little gritty, sweet, and pleasant. In use from December till March or April. A valuable winter Pear, although not of first-rate excellence. It is very handsome, and an excellent bearer. It will succeed as an open standard in a sheltered warm situation. Fine specimens are thus produced in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick; but it is better, perhaps, to grow it against an east or south-east wall. 114. HOLLAND BERGAMOT. Miller, No. 71. Lord Cheney's. Of some Gardens. Fruit large, of a regular roundish figure, but somewhat broadest at the crown, about three inches deep, and nearly the same in diameter. Eye small, divested of its calyx, sunk pretty deep in a depressed and wide basin. Stalk one inch and a half long, slender, crooked, inserted in a slightly angular, but not deep cavity. Skin in the autumn green, marbled all over, more or less, with a thin brown russet; but as it acquires maturity, the skin becomes yellow, and the russetty colouring of a more lively character. Flesh half buttery, with a plentiful and highly flavoured juice. In eating from March till May or June. It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. This very valuable Pear, if ever in the possession of Lord Cheney, must have been in this country previously to 1595. It originated at Alençon in France, and is highly deserving of cultivation. Its late period of ripening requires it should be planted against a south or south-east wall, in order to have it in the greatest perfection. 115. POIRE DU JARDIN. Duhamel, 28. t. 19. f. 3. Fruit pretty large, round, and flattened somewhat like a Bergamot, about two inches and three quarters deep, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, placed in a very shallow depression. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, stout, inserted in a small cavity. Skin yellow on the shaded side, but of a soft red where exposed to the sun, and marked with a few yellow specks. Flesh half buttery, with an excellent saccharine juice. In eating in December and January. 116. WINTER ORANGE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 139. t. 2. f. 3. Orange d'Hiver. Duhamel, No. 29. t. 19. f. 4. Fruit middle-sized, globular, a little flattened at the crown, about two inches and a quarter deep, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, open, placed in a very shallow, perfectly round basin. Stalk an inch long, thick, and inserted in a small oblique cavity. Skin smooth, rich, yellow, covered with numerous brown specks. Flesh white, crisp, with a sugary, highly flavoured, musky juice. In eating in February, and will keep till April. SECT. VI.- Winter Conical-fruited. 117. ANGÉLIQUE de BordeaUX. Duhamel, No. 88. t. 47. f. 5. Poire Angélique. Miller, No. 77. Saint Martial. Saint Marcel. Gros Franc-réal. Ib. Bon Jard. 1827, p. 311. Ib. Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, somewhat like a Bon-chrétien, about three inches and a quarter long, and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye small, placed in a narrow and rather deep hollow. Stalk one inch and a half long, strong, crooked, inserted in an oblique but not deep cavity. Skin smooth and yellowish, but on the sunny side it is of a faint purple colour. Flesh tender and buttery, with a sugary juice, In eating from February till April. It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince, but not so well on the latter stock. This Pear was introduced into this country about the year 1700, and first planted by the Duke of Montague at Ditton; it requires to be grown against a south or south-east wall. 118. ANGÉLIQUE DE ROME. Jard. Fruit. t. 42. Duhamel, No. 108. Fruit middle-sized, a little more long than broad, being about two inches and a half long, and two inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye very small, placed in a narrow shallow basin. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a very small cavity. Skin rough, pale yellow or citron colour, and tinged with red on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish, tender, and melting. Juice sugary, with a rich poignant flavour. In eating in December, and till February or March. It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. This is a very excellent Pear on a good soil and favourable situation. It is, of course, inferior when it has not these advantages. 119. BEURRE D'AREMBERG. Hort. Trans. Vol. vii. p. 178. t. 4. f. 1. Pom. Mag. t. 83. Beurré d'Arembert. Bon Jard. 1827, p. 308. Duc d'Aremberg. Poire d'Aremberg. Colmar Deschamps? Of some French Catalogues, according to the Pom. Mag. Fruit pretty large, turbinate, on an average about three inches and a half long, and two inches and three quarters wide at the broadest part, where it is obtusely angular, and a little contracted towards the setting on of the stalk. Eye small. Stalk an inch long, strong, straight, inserted in an oblique, angular cavity; in some specimens it is diagonally inserted under a broad, elongated lip. Skin delicate pale green, very slightly dotted with russet, which becomes a deeper yellow when ripe. Flesh whitish, firm, very juicy, perfectly melting, without any grittiness, and of a very extraordinary rich, sweet, high flavoured quality. In eating from October till February. It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. This most excellent Pear is supposed to have been raised by M. Deschamps, and was first sent to the Horticultural Society by M. Parmentier of Enghien, along with the Glout Morceau, in November, 1820. It is usually cultivated as a dwarf, being grafted upon the Quince stock, and trained against an east or west wall; but it succeeds perfectly well as an open standard. 120. BEURRÉ DIEL. Pom. Mag. t. 19. and Ib. t. 131. Diel's Butterbirne. p. 70. Dorothée Royale. Poire de Melon. Diel's Versuch, &c. Vol. xix. Van Mons, Cat. p. 25. Of various Collections, according to the Pom. Mag. Fruit large, about the size and figure of the summer Bon-chrétien, without the protuberances of that variety it is much swollen a little above the middle, going off to the eye either abruptly or gradually, and tapering straight to the stalk, without any contraction of figure; when fully grown, it is four inches and a half long, and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye close, in a deep hollow, surrounded by knobs, ribs, or broad protuberances. Stalk one inch and a half long, strong, bent, woody, inserted in a deep, irregularly and obtusely angled cavity. Skin bright green when first gathered, changing in a short time to a bright orange, with a little trace of russet. Flesh clear white, a little gritty towards the core, but otherwise perfectly tender and melting, juicy, with a delicious, rich, aromatic, saccharine flavour. In eating from November till January. It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. The above description is taken from a very fine fruit produced against a wall, and figured in the 5th No. of the Pom. Mag. No. 19. As, however, it varies considerably from this, when grown upon an open standard, another figure of it has been published in the same work, No. 131., which exhibits it in its more general character, and fully corresponds with the description I had written of the Dorothée Royale, in December, 1829, from a fruit grown in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick; viz. Fruit pretty large, oblong, somewhat narrowed towards the stalk, and a little angular on the sides, in the |