74 Cincinnati Horticultural Society. [February, 



opinion of eacli was noted, and on referring to the corresponding numbers, 

 Jjonffworth's Prolific was found noted /Ae best; Superior, second Itest ; 

 and Jenny's Seedling, third 6cs/.-r-the latter were large and well ripened. 

 This was, of course, an unprejudiced opinion, since he did not see the 

 names of any of them till after the opinion was pronounced. These 

 thirty-two varieties embrace all our best kinds, except Burr's New Pine, 

 British Queen, and Swainstone. At our Horticultural Exhibition 

 Loiigworth '5 Frolijic was awarded the first prize, being ' for the best 

 variety exhibited.' McAvoy's Number One has been very generally 

 grown for the Superior — I will try to make it better known." 



Mr. Thorburn, when asked by Mr. Longworth for the best new 

 Strawberry, referred to Mr. White as the most extensive cultivator. His 

 statement is already submitted, and in favor of three Cincinnati seed-^ 

 lings ; and he has thrown aside all other varieties. Comment is not 

 needed. Our Cincinnati seedlings sustain their high reputation wher- 

 ever fairly tested, and will continue to do so, until finer varieties may be 

 originated. We think this Society will never have occasion to blush for 

 its indorsement of them, nor for its action in their behalf. The confu- 

 sion which existsd to some extent, at one time, has been overcome, and 

 our nurserymen arc How able to furnish the varieties true to name. 



Your committee, believing that there may still be improvements in 

 this fruit, heartily recommend the suggestion of Mr. Longworth, to 

 whom Strawberry-lovers already owe so much for his assiduity in extend- 

 ing, through a long series of years, correct views concerning the peculiar 

 botanical character of the Strawberry; the abundant results of which 

 are familiar to all, and the truth of which has become so apparent that 

 he who looks may read. 



We therefore recommend that the Society, on behalf of Mr. Long- 

 worth, direct its Corresponding Secretary to address Mr. Prince on the 

 subject of his catalogue, and inform him that the Society will pay $50 

 f>r two new pistillates that shall be better than the " Superior;' and 

 $50 for two new hermaphrodites that shall be better than the " Prolific,'" 

 payable whenever a committee of the Society shall render such award. 



We make this recommendation the more willingly, for the reason that 

 one of your committee ordered a selection from Prince's catalogue, the 

 last season, with a view of testing their merits for the benefit of the 

 Society ; but the plants were never received. We feel that it would be 

 almost a work of supererogation to say, that the remarks in the catalogue 

 respecting the Superior, the Prolific, and the Extra Eed, do not corres- 

 pond with our observations and experience. The foliage of the Prolific 



