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size, same as Eleanor. Flesh red, pink in 

 the centre, sweet, and high flavoured, one 

 of the latest. 



Prince Alfred (Ingram). — Very large 

 pointed heart shape, deep red glossy colour, 

 flesh hollow, red, veined with white, sweet, 

 high flavoured, slightly acid. 



Prince Arthur (Willmott). — Large, 

 elongated, slightly flattened at the end, 

 regular, red, flesh white to the centre, a 

 little acid, high flavoured, late, strong and 

 prolific. 



Prince Imperial (Graindorge) . — Fine 

 cone-slraped fruit of average size, red, flesh 

 rose colour, hollow, sweet, perfumed, high 

 flavoured, strong and prolific, earlier 

 than Keens' Seedling. Well suited for 

 forcing. 



Pxuuee of Wales (Ingram). — Average 

 size, frequently conical, red coloured, flesh 

 white, streaked with red, hollow, sweet, 

 and high flavoured, early and prolific. 



Princess Royal of England (Cuthill). 

 Early and prolific, fruit large or middling- 

 sized, conical, orange red, seeds prominent, 

 flesh delicate white, sweet, high flavoured, 

 slight musky taste. 



Princesse Royale (Pelvilain). — Large, 

 elongated, bright red ; flesh full and firm, 

 rosy white, high flavoured, tolerably sweet ; 

 early prolific, calculated for forcing. 



Queen Victoria (Myatt's). — Very large, 

 almost round, vermilion red, flesh red, 

 veined with white, perfumed ; mid-season, 

 hardy and prolific. 



Rival Queen (Tiley). — Very strong, 

 largest sized fruit, conical form, orange 



red, seeds prominent, flesh white, delicate, 

 sweet, and perfumed. 



Sir Charles Napier (Smith). — Pointed 

 heart-shaped, regular, white flesh, firm, 

 a little acid, high flavoured; prolific variety, 

 easily forced, ripens the second season. 



Sir Harry (Underbill). — Very large, 

 almost round, deep red colour, flesh white, 

 sweet and perfumed ; prolific and easily 

 forced. We have seen enormous fruit 

 from English growers. 



Sir Waiter Scott (Nicholson). — Very 

 large fruit, elongated form, pointed, deep 

 red, seeds prominent, flesh white, firm, 

 sweet and perfumed, great bearer, and 

 suited for forcing. 



Stirling Castle Pine. — Large long fruit, 

 red, flesh tolerably solid and firm, pale 

 red, sweet, high flavoured and perfumed ; 

 half early. Valuable on account of the 

 firmness of its fruit, which enables it to 

 stand travelling. 



Surprise (Myatt's). — Splendid fruit, 

 elongated, flattened, square at the end, 

 light red, with white tips, flesh white, 

 sweet ; seeds prominent, does well in dry 

 soils, tolerably early. 



Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury (Jamin 

 and Durand). — Middle-sized or large, 

 elongated, cone-shaped, often flattened at 

 the end, red, flesh rosy and pale red, high 

 flavoured, sweet, good, prolific ; early. 



Victoria (Trollope). — Large, round and 

 regular, vermilion red, flesh slightly hol- 

 low, juicy, sweet, of good flavour, tolerably 

 precocious and hardy. Forces well. 



Madame L. Vilmobin. 



" WEEDS AT A PREMIUM." 



On looking into the December number of 

 your useful book, the Flokad World, I 

 see you have ascribed to me the paternity 

 of an admirable article, for which I should 

 be happy to have the credit, because it is 

 written in a style to interest all true lovers 

 of plants. I am quite of the opinion of 

 " Fido Fides," that our British plants are 

 worthy of all the attention that can be 

 bestowed upon them, many of them being, 

 not merely pretty, but gorgeous in their 

 appearance. What, for instance, can sur- 

 pass in richness and effect a large group of 

 various- coloured foxgloves on an elevated 

 position, say on the higher parts of a 

 fernery, or at the back of a shrubbery ? 

 Then, again, what more gorgeous in effect 

 than large masses (of the common corn 

 poppy (Papaver Rhoeas), weed as it is, 

 and scowled upon by the farmer, who does 



his utmost to extirpate it ? I am weak 

 enough to confess that I have frequently 

 been quite enchanted at the sight of several 

 acres' of them, when in bloom, throwing 

 up then' brilliant scarlet blossoms, so as to 

 be on a level with the rising heads of corn, 

 and presenting a large level carpet of living 

 green and glowing scarlet, surpassing all 

 the puny imitations of art. The list, as 

 given by " Fido Fides," might be greatly 

 extended. For instance, I have seen in 

 the neighbourhood of Guildford, in the 

 identical shady lane I have already spoken 

 of as being so favourable to the develop- 

 ment of ferns (at Bramley, not Bromley, 

 as printed), splendid specimens of Cam- 

 panula latifolia, a most effective plant in a 

 garden, producing large flowers nume- 

 rously on spikes two or three feet in height. 

 On the Downs round Brighton, the 

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