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SIX RARE HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



CoE, of Middletown, Connecticut, who 

 planted the seed from which it sprung, and 

 in whose garden the original tree stands. 

 As Mr. CoE never parted with any trees or 

 grafts of this variety until last year, he is 

 still chiefly its possessor ; but as he has now 

 a large quantity of thrifty young trees in 

 his grounds, we presume it will soon get 

 into the hands of nurserymen generally, and 

 be offered at a moderate price. It is un- 

 doubtedly a most valuable acquisition, and 

 will, we think, take its place among the ten 

 finest cherries known. 



Fruit, of medium size, remarkably round 

 and regular in form, considerably resem- 

 bling that of a duke cherry. Skin thin, 

 wax-like, of a very delicate, pale amber, 

 nearly covered with pale cornelian red in 

 the sun, and marked with delicate pale 

 spots or blotches, which give it an unique 

 appearance. Stalk rather short, set in a 



Fig. 11. Cob's Transparent Cherry. 



depression of moderate depth. Flesh very 

 tender, melting and juicy, with a delicate 

 but sweet and excellent flavor. Ripens 

 early in June, between Early White Heart 

 and Black Tartarian. 



HALF A DOZEN RARE HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



BY AN AMATEUR, NEW- YORK. 



Ms.. Downing — I see but little space in the 

 Horticulturist devoted to hardy popular bor- 

 der flowers — perennials that require less 

 care than any other flowering plants, and 

 that are not inferior to any in beauty and 

 real value in the parterre. 



I send you notes of six sorts cultivated 

 among many others in my collection, which 

 though not all new, are yet quite rare in 

 most gardens, and deserve to be much more 

 widely known than they are at present. 



I. GLANDULAR COLUMBINE. 



Aquilegia gland ulosa. 



This unique and beautiful new Colum- 

 bine stood out all last winter without pro- 

 tection, and bloomed finely this season. Its 

 flowers are large, parti-colored blue and 

 white, and at a distance, do not look much 



unlike those of the old blue and white Pas- 

 sion Flower. It is a decided acquisition, 

 and will no doubt prove a very hardy and 

 permanent border flower. 



II. VAN HOUTTE'S PHLOX. 

 Phlox Van Houttii. 



This variety, quite recently sent out by 

 M. Van Houtte, the celebrated nursery- 

 man at Ghent, is a very striking and beau- 

 tiful species, and eclipses every thing else 

 in this favorite old genus. Its flowers are 

 white, distinctly and boldly striped with 

 bright purple, forming one of the prettiest 

 examples of floral variegation that I know. 

 The plant grows with ease in any good 

 flower border, and produces large and fine 

 panicles of blossoms in June and July. 

 Planted in beds, and the shoots pegged 



