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sorts that are generally known to horticulturists ; of the remainder of 

 this " select variety ( ! )", fifty-five are said to be new seedlings, produced 

 by Mr. Prince, himself, and selected from some thousand varieties of his 

 gi-owing. Those who have grown seedling Strawberries may congratu- 

 late Mr. Prince on his remarkable success ! for he styles these fifty-five 

 as " most splendid varieties I " {vide, first page of Catalogue.) Indeed, 

 nothing beyond their euphonious and high-sounding titles would be 

 needed, to indicate the exalted position they occupy in the estimation of 

 their happy originator: — Campagnia, Champion Montevideo, Colonia 

 Montevideo, Cordova Montevideo, Cortiucopia ( ! ), Coronation, Coronet 

 Scarlet, Crimson Cluster, Crimson Profusion, Crimson Prolific, Dido 

 Swainstone, Early Prolific Scarlet, Eclipse, Eustatia, Globose Cluster, 

 Globose Swainstone, Imperial Crimson, Imperial Scarlet, Scarlet Mag- 

 nate, Le Baron, Luscious Scarlet, Magnifique ( ! ), Maximus Swainstone, 

 Perfumed Scarlet, Primate, Prince's Black Prince ( ! ), Prince's Climax, 

 Prolific Swainstone, Psyche, Eubicon, Saccharine Scarlet, Scarlet Prolific, 

 Scarlet Primordian, Serena, Sirius, Tivoli Scarlet, Troubadour, Supreme 

 Staminate, Superlative, Transcendant Scarlet, Trumpet Montevideo, 

 Triumphant Montevideo ! et cetera ! et cetera ! ! 



In this catalogue of " select varieties " we also find a " rejected list," 

 and among the rejected we observe many of the celebrated English prize 

 Strawberries — Keene's, Swainstone's, etc. — from which, remarkable speci- 

 mens have been, and still are constantly shown at the exhibitions of 

 Europe ; also, all of Burr's seedlings, our favorite and productive Neched 

 Pine, — and, mirabile dictu, " McAvoy's Extra Red," which we all know 

 to be a large, handsome, and productive variety, is denounced with all 

 the emphasis of italics, as " vile trash ! " thereby condemned, even beyond 

 all others, in the " rejected list" of this Prince of Strawberries ! 



A closer analysis of this catalogue, in which the comparative merits 

 of varieties are given, enables us to gather some curious facts, that 

 should induce us, and our cultivators generally, to seek after some of 

 the remarkable improvements of these modern times. For instance, 

 there appear, by this catalogue, to be fifty sorts that Mr. Prince con- 

 siders of greater value than our own seedlings, the Prolific, and the 

 Superior ; ten sorts that possess four times their value ; six sorts that 

 are worth three times as much; twenty-six sorts are named having 

 double their value ; and seven kinds are designated as being fifty per 

 cent, better ! Now then, taking these two varieties, the Prolific and 

 Superior, which we know well, and highly appreciate, as the standard 

 of comparison, we aay feel prepared for the other view of the matter : 

 that is, Mr. Prince's estimate of his own " most splendid varielics,'' whea 



