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■did red, by Joseph Weaver, and Mrs. Hammer, 

 a fine pink, by August Hammer, an amateur. 



James Pentland has made most fortunate 

 essays in the direction botli of Roses and Camel- 

 'lias; his Bourbon Rose, George Peabody, is 

 ■equal to any of the dark sorts, whilst his Beauty 

 of Greenmount, Woodland Margaret and Dr. 

 Kane take rank among the best of N'oisettes ; 

 and his Camellias General Lee, Stonewall 

 Jackson and Anna, rise high on the standard of 

 merit. In both classes Mr. P. has under test 

 other new productions now likely soon to see the 

 light, one of his new Roses having been lately 

 •displayed at our shows. 



The Tea Rose Cornelia Cook, so great a 

 fashionable favorite at present in i!^ew York and 

 Boston, originated many years ago with Anthony 

 Cook, a well-known florist of this city, still active 

 in his trade. 



Wm. Fowler, gardener to the late Johns Hop- 

 kins, has produced some lovely Abutilons, which 

 are finding their way into tlie hands of the trade. 



John Feast has long been engaged in the 

 origination of new plants. Among many others 

 may be noted the Epiphyllum Feastii, a Cactus 

 of surprising size and beauty. Aloe Feastii; 

 Camellias Mrs. Lurman, a noble variety; Annie 

 Feast, Mrs. Tabb, and many others; Carnation 

 Mrs. Van Cott, &c. 



Charles Campbell, formerly gardener to Dr. 

 Thomas Edmundson and now to Mr. Winans, 

 has produced some Fuchsias and Azaleas of 

 exqusite beauty, many of which have gone into 

 general cultivation. 



Agustus Hack, an amateur, now deceased, left 

 behind him a collection of Camellias numbering 

 489 sorts, many of which he originated himself, 

 some of them equal to any m cultivation, as May 

 Flower, Pearl, Lizzie Jones, Eliza. 



In the classes of plants more readily hybridiz- 

 ed there have been of course many new sorts in- 

 troduced from Baltimore, some of which have 

 gone into the trade, others disappearing. 



(To be contiuued.) 



Horticultural Societies. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Centennial Exhibition of 1876, (Concluded 

 ■from page 256) — In small fruits our century of pro- 

 gress was not as well illustrated as it might have 

 been if the plan of the Commission in relation 

 to the system of judging, and of the awards, had 

 been well understood. On the one hand there 

 'were many who supposed there would be competi- 

 tion as usual in country fairs, in which a few 

 large growers crowd out the smaller ones ; and, 

 on the other hand were those who knew the old 

 system would be abandoned, but had not come 

 to understand that the new system did justice 

 where the other did not, and that there was 

 really more honor and profit — greater reward 

 every way — than the old system was capable of. 

 It was not until the good points of the new 

 system were fully understood that fruits came in 

 abundantly ; and in the mean time the day of 

 small fruits had passed away. Thanks, however, 

 to the Fruit-Growers' Society of Ontario, this de- 

 partment was never wholly wanting in interest. 

 Jn Gooseberries and Currants especially their 

 texhibits excelled, and gave to tlie Centennial 



visitors new ideas as to the possibilities of excel- 

 lence in these fruits and their culture. Even 

 granting much that might have been, had ex- 

 hibitors from other sections acted with the same 

 liberal spirit as was evinced by the Canadians, 

 enough was seen at the Exhibition to prove 

 that for the culture of these two fruits Canada 

 has advantages superior to any other part of the 

 American continent. The English varieties 

 of Gooseberries, so difticult to raise in the 

 United States through their susceptibility to 

 mildew, were here in great perfection. The 

 American Goosebei'ry has not advanced as 

 much during the century as perhaps it might had 

 systematic eflbrts been made in that direction. 

 Still, there has been marked progress. At the 

 beginning of our era we had no improvement in 

 the native Rihts rotundifolia^ or American 

 Gooseberry. The first came from Massachusetts 

 in the shape of Houghton's Seedling. Mr. Down- 

 ing subsequently produced the variet)' bearing 

 his name. Some half dozen in all have been in- 

 troduced, of which a complete set was exhibited 

 by Kuhn & Co., of Hoboken, New Jersey. The 

 advance is meritorious, but none of the improved 

 kinds approach in good flavor or size the average 



