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coloured ground, with occasional spots like 

 the Napoleon Bigarreau, but not so nume- 

 rous. Flesh of a rather yellowish tinge, 

 firm, juicy and sweet, with a rich flavor, su- 

 perior, we think, to any variety in cultiva- 

 tion. It ripens, at least, two weeks earlier 

 than the Napoleon Bigarreau. Pit, oblong- 

 oval. Tree of strong upright growth. 



II. THE CLEVKLAND BIGARREAU. 



This excellent 

 fruit has the merit 

 of being among the 

 first of its class to 

 ripen. It is at full 

 maturity with the 

 Black Tartarian, 

 while its parent, the 

 Old Bigarreau, ri- 

 pens nearly two 

 weeks later. 



Fruit of the lar- 

 gest size, conside- 

 rably like that of 

 the Bigarreau ; re- 

 gular in form, rOUn- pj^ 9. Cleveland Bigarnan. 



ded heart-shaped, marked by a broad deep 

 suture half-way round. Colour, bright, clear, 

 delicate red, on amber-yellow ground. Stalk 

 tolerably stout, about an inch and a half 

 long, curved. Flesh, pale yellowish white, 

 firm, juicy, sweet, with the rich flavor of the 

 Elton. Pit, small. 



You will observe, that I send you this ac- 

 count, fully conceding that, although the 

 list of fine cherries is, perhaps, less extend- 

 ed than that of any other like valuable fruit, 

 it is hardly worth while to notice any new 

 ones, and certainly not to cultivate them, 

 unless they possess superior qualities. It 

 is questioned by some of us in this section 

 of Ohio, whether a seedling of our own, 

 alike valuable, with any foreign variety, is 

 not more valuable as being more hardy for 

 cultivation here. This, as well as the fact 

 that the two varieties just described are of 

 earlier maturity than the standard sorts 

 which they most resemble, seem to me to 

 render them well worthy of the attention of 

 the pomologist. Very truly yours, 



F. R. Elliott. 



Lake Erie Nursery, Clevelind, Ohio, Jioie 29, 1847. 



REMARKS ON THS SCIENCE OF GARDENING— No. 3. 



BY DR. WM. W. VALK; FLUSHING, L. I. 



In our No. 1, upon this interesting subject, 

 "we stated, at the conclusion of the article, 

 that "but for our instrumentality," some of 

 your readers might never, perhaps, obtain 

 the benefit to be derived from viewing the 

 matter properly, or, at least, so far as it 

 has been elucidated in the writings of Eng- 

 lish horticulturists. By Mr. Paxton, or 

 some one of the numerous and able writers 

 in his magazine, gardening as a science has 

 been most interestingly discussed, and it is 

 from this source we derive the materials of 



our serial communications, and claim for 

 them no more merit than may be accorded 

 to the modifications of the ideas and lan- 

 guage of other authors, and their adaptation 

 to the American reader. We so stated at 

 first, and here repeat it. 



The reading public have long been tutor- 

 ed in error, by those who have been con- 

 sidered physiological authorities : this is a 

 sweeping and bold assertion ; but we are 

 led to make it by the perusal of a work by 

 a scientific German- — Lielig^s Organic Che- 



