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found wild in considerable abundance in Canada and the United 

 States, growing in shady situations, from whence it was first introduced 

 about 1 800. It grows about 4 feet high, and has a spreading bushy- 

 habit of growth, with short, pale glossy-green leaves abundantly 

 clothing the branches ; the bark is of a dark-brown colour; the berries, 

 which are smaller than those of baccata, are of a bright coral-red, 

 rendering the plant very attractive when they are ripe, as they are 

 generally produced in great abundance. It is a distinct and interesting 

 dwarf shrub, quite hardy, and of free growth when planted in a 

 moderately moist, sheltered situation. A variety of this species, named 

 Washingtonii, has its leaves prominently variegated with a bright 

 golden-yellow. 



T. Lindleyana (the Canadian Yew), by some botanists called 

 haccata Americana, found in valleys and on river-sides in Northern 

 California, is described as a handsome tree of from 20 to 30 feet high, 

 and from 4 to 5 feet in circumference near the ground ; the branches 

 are long, slender, somewhat pendulous, and covered with a yellow or 

 light brown bark ; the leaves, which are produced in great abundance, 

 are very similar in size and shape to those of baccata, but of a light- 

 green colour. In a young state this plant is very distinct and pretty. 

 It seems to be quite equal to our climate, and promises to be a useful 

 and interesting acquisition to our collection of ornamental shrubs. 



Hugh Frasee. 



GOLDEW CHAMPION GRAPE. 

 I HAVE a strong impression that, if this Grape was to receive special 

 treatment, the fatal spot which affects it would to a great extent dis- 

 appear. It is a Grape that wants time to grow and ripen, and a dry 

 atmosphere. We have it here, grafted on Elack Hamburg, in two 

 different houses. In one house, which has been subjected to a good 

 deal of hard forcing for the last two years to get the crop in at a 

 desired time, the Golden Champion is simply unpresentable. In 

 another early vinery, which is thrown open day and night as soon as 

 the Hambros and others begin to get ripe, by which time the Cham- 

 pion is generally still green, it has always finished well. This season 

 a bunch in this house was allowed to hang a month or five weeks after 

 it was quite ripe, and when cut it was still plump and without a 

 blemish. It is such a magnificent Grape when dished up, if free from 

 specks, that one is to be excused if they fall freshly in love with it, 

 and resolve to keep it on and give it another trial. So far as my ex- 

 perience goes, I should think it is a Grape which wants no more 

 assistance in the way of fire-heat or forcing than will just enable it to 



