edjtoe'b tari.f.. 



UndtT tlie adviop of Mr. Ranch and others, tlio plan of distrihution has been changed, hy 

 classifying tho jtlants at a fixed valuation, and the price fixed id from ten to forty dollars. 

 Tliis is on the basis of tho diflerenco in thoir valuo. There were four in the forty dollar 

 class, two of which have been taken, one by a member of the New York Horticultural Ho- 

 liety, and one of the Brooklyn Society ; this leaves two of that class, one of which LshouM 

 be pleased to see go to Philadelpliia, and the other to Boston, and the other classes it would 

 be gratifying to see distributed as equally as possible between the four Societies named. 

 Any aid that you can render would meet with my thanks, and would give an equal oi»i)or- 

 tunity to each Society. Mr. Ranch was to have had an advertisement, giving a full de- 

 scription of the Downing, in your March number, which I am in hopes he has attended to. 

 I will send you three or four of the flowers as soon as I have an opportunity, with any other 

 information in relation to it that I have not noticed on this occasion. 



With great respect, your obt. servt., 



J. W. Degraw, 

 [See Advertisement in March number. — Ep.] 69 Washington Street, New York. 



Montreal, Feb. 14, 1857. 



J. J. Smith, Esq. — Dear Sir: Some typographical errors have occurred in my letter to 

 Mr. Plicenix, published in the December No. of the Horticulturist, which it may perhaps be 

 as well to correct. 



P. 554, for "Kerwick" read "Keswick;" " Hawthorne," read " Hawtbomdean ;" "Dom- 

 ing," read "Dominie;" " Breden Pippin," read Bredon Pipjnn." Third line from bottom, 

 for " Carrol's Seedling," read "Pearson's Plate." P. 555, for " Banquet," read " Bang-up." 



I am afraid we shall hear bad accounts of the severity of the present winter. The ther- 

 mometer has here registered 37° below zero, and we have had a long spell of exceedingly 

 cold weather. The other day I noticed that the young shoots of a j'lum-tree were winter- 

 killed. It stands close to a vinery border, and had perhaps made too luxuriant a growth. 



It may interest grape-growers to state, that the different varieties of the Chasselas prove 

 quite hardy in this cold region. Mr. Turner has fruited two sorts on the grounds of the 

 Hon. James Leslie, in Montreal ; one of them the Royal Chasselas. Mr. T. pronounces 

 them, in open air, not superior to the old White Sweet Water. Some years since, I fruited 

 the Chasselas de Fontainbleau in the open ground. All these hardy grapes, with us, require 

 to be covered up in winter. Yours respectfully, Wji. Brown, 



(late Cockburn & Bro\vn.) 



Hartford, Conn. 



Dear Sir : My experience in the cultivation of apples warrants me in bearing testimony 

 to the truth of the assertion of your correspondent in Kingston, N. Y. (H. H. Reynolds), 

 that the Jonathan Apple "deserves a more extended reputation and cultivation." It is, 

 certainly (as you remark in a note), " a desirable kind for cultivation." 



I had been surprised to find that it is so little known in this vicinity, where so many 

 kinds of good apples are raised in great perfection. With me it is a free grower, very pro- 

 ductive, bears while quite young, and fruits every year. The tree grows in handsome 

 shape, and the beautiful red fruit is distributed very uniformly over the branches. For 

 about a month in the fall — say from the middle of September to the middle of October — 

 there is not a more attractive feature of the kind on my grounds than the Jonathan Apple- 

 tree ; in fact, it is perfectly ornamental. I esteem it as one of the very best of thirty choice 

 varieties which I am cultivating ; and if I should ever be so situated that I could have but 

 four or five kinds of apples, the Jonathan should be one of them; and (by the way), the 

 Red Astrachan another. Respectfully, yours, &c. Daniel S. Dewey 



