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species under the name of L. Californicus — a hardy annual with blue flowers, 

 growing some 18 inches in height, flowering in June and July, and said to be a 

 good plant for beds. This appears to be lost to our gardeners under this name, 

 as it cannot be found in any lists. — Eds. 



THE CULTIVATION OF HARDY FRUITS. 



{Continued from page 12.) 

 THE CHERRY. 



Next in point of importance to those fruits already considered is the 

 Cherry. Different authors have given different classifications, divi- 

 sions, and subdivisions. To my mind the two best are those of Mr 

 Thompson — which were first published in the 'Horticultural Trans- 

 actions,' second series, vol. i. p. 251, and afterwards by him repro- 

 duced in his ' Gardeners' Assistant,' page 256 — and that of Dr Hogg, 

 at page 68 of the third edition of his 'Fruit Manual.' The former, 

 by Mr Thompson, is the more elaborate of the two, and the best suited 

 for defining minutely small points of difference existing between kinds 

 which, although closely resembling each other, yet present appreciable 

 differences. Cherries he has divided into two classes, the first having 

 leaves waved on the margins ; the second having leaves with the 

 margins plain. Each of these classes he has divided into two divi- 

 sions, the first representing "fruit heart-shaped, oval, or roundish;" the 

 second, " fruit round or oblate." These divisions are each subdivided, 

 the first into three orders, each according to the colour of the fruit. 

 The second also into two orders, the first including Cherries with 

 "flesh sweet;" the second, Cherries with "flesh acid." This is fur- 

 ther divided into sub-orders, the first being Cherries with "juice pale;" 

 the second those with "juice purple." This, to my mind, is the best 

 and most simple, yet the most elaborate and comprehensive arrange- 

 ment we possess. Any man of ordinary intelligence can easily arrange 

 the class, division, or order to which any Cherry may belong by the 

 aid of Thompson's classification. 



Dr Hogg classifies all the varieties of Cherries under eight races. 

 His arrangements, although admirable, are not so well defined as those 

 already noticed. His eight races are — 1st, The sweet heart-shaped 

 Cherries with tender and dark-coloured flesh, which he has termed 

 Black Geans ; 2d, The pale-coloured sweet Cherries, with tender and 

 translucent flesh and skin, which he terms "Bed Geans." The 3d 

 he terms "Black Hearts," which are those "dark-coloured sweet 

 Cherries" somewhat resembling the Bigarreau, but whose "flesh is 

 not so firm and crackling." The 4th includes the White Hearts or 



