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srchusetts Horticultural Society, among 

 dozens of zealous competitors, and A^ith the 

 fruit most carefully grown in that vicinity. 



We have observed ako, and noted as in- 

 dicative of no small degree of practical 

 skill, that in various quarters of the garden 

 are standard trees, apples and pears espe- 

 cially, that have been transplanted from Eos- 

 ton, with large heads and trunks, six or 

 eight inches in diameter, and are now in a 

 state of complete luxuriance and fruiiful- 

 ness. 



There are, of course, but few individuals 

 who have the desire and the means thus to 

 weave a spell of freshness and beauty over 

 a spot which nature has created so stern and 

 bald ; perhaps there are still fewer who 

 would have the courage to plan and carry 

 out improvements of this kind, to the attain- 

 ment of so beautiful a result, in the very 

 teeth of the elements. But there are many 



who may learn something valuable from 

 Mr. TcJDOi's labor in the cause of Horti- 

 culture. There are, for example, hundreds 

 along the sea coasts, to whom gardening of 

 any sort is nearly impossible, from the in- 

 jurious effects cf breezes loaded with salt 

 water. There are, again, many beautiful 

 sites that we could name on the shores of 

 some of our great inland lakes, and the 

 number is every day increasing, sites where 

 the soil is deep and excellent, and the skies 

 warm and bright, but the violence of the 

 vernal and autumnal winds is such, that 

 the better culture of the orchard and gar- 

 den makes little progress. 



In all such sites, Mr. Tudor's Nahant 

 screens for sifting the air, will at once ob- 

 viate all the difficulty, temper the wind to 

 the tender buds, and make for the spot a 

 soft climate in a naturally harsh and bleak 

 aspect. 



TWO NEW AMERICAN CHERRIES. 



BY F. R. ELLIOT, CLEVELAND, OHIO. 



Dear Sir — I have the pleasure of forward- 

 ing to you outlines and descriptions of two 

 seedling cherries, originated by Professor 

 KiRTLAND of this place. They have borne 

 very excellent crops (ox two seasons past, 

 and we have compared them with all the 

 leading foreign and native sorts, and cannot 

 but rank them among the best. We have, 

 among the seedlings, viany equal to Black 

 Heart ; but as we do not consider a new va- 

 riety, merely equal to that fruit, as one any 

 longer worthy of attention, we shall say no- 

 thing of such seedlings. From about two 

 hundred seedling trees, we find about thirty 

 which, in the quality of their fruit, will 

 not, we think, rank below Black Heart. 

 Out of these thirty, we think, taking Elton 



as a standard, we shall 

 find seven or eight that 

 are truly superior. For 

 the present, I will offer 

 to the attention of your 

 readers onU^ the two 

 following, both raised 

 by Professor Kirtland, 

 from the seeds of the 

 Bigarreau. 



I, THE ROCKPORT BIGAR. 

 REAU. 



Fruit large, round 

 heart-shaped ; colour, 

 when fully ripe, a most 

 F?. s. i}or/i7,„r^S/:r«rr<;ai, beautiful light, clear, 

 deep red, shaded into a delicate pale amber- 



