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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 10, No. 276, October 6, 1827 by Various
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crude-tasted, petty fruit: since its introduction and naturalization in
the orchard, it has well repaid the planter's care. The French gardeners
have been long celebrated for their success and indefatigable
perseverance in the cultivation of the pear; almost all our superior
sorts are from that country. The monastic institutions all over Europe,
but particularly in France, were the sources from whence flowed many
excellent horticultural rules, as well as objects.

(_To be concluded in our next_.)

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THE MONTHS


[Illustration: OCTOBER.]


On the woods are hung
With many tints, the fading livery
Of life, in which it mourns the coming storms
Of winter.

PERCIVAL.


Change is the characteristic of the month of October; in short, it
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