NOTES ON STRAWBERRIES. 



of those valuable relics remain, should consider it a religious dut}^ to protect it while he 

 lives, and to enjoin upon his successors in possession of the estate to cherish it after him. 

 Tn after days these time-honored monuments vill become the vegetable "Meccas" of our 

 land, to receive the homage of many a " pilgrim" in the walks of arboriculture. 



Climate of San Francisco. — Among the interludes of gold hunting, lynch-Iaw, burn- 

 ing towns, and speculations in the far away Eldorado of California, we get an occasional 

 glimpse of its climate and soil, and its agricultural and horticultural resources. These 

 indicate a more favorable character, as the inhabitants begin to get acquainted with them, 

 than at first; and when the pursuits of the people once get settled, and the several divi- 

 sions of labor work into their appropriate spheres, as they probably will in due time 

 California, in its fertile valleys, hills, and plains, may become a productive region in most 

 of the useful grains and fruits with which we are acquainted. Its agriculture, if we are 

 to believe the accounts of many of their farming achievements, is wonderfully remunera- 

 tive—quite as much so as gold digging. A substantial agricultural interest must be plant- 

 ed there before California can become a wholesome state, either in morals or permanent 

 prosperity. But in the excitable, adventurous emigration which constantly flows upon it 

 from the older states, but a small portion can be expected to settle down into the quiet 

 pursuit of agriculture, and it will probably be many years before a regular system of 

 husbandry will be established sufficient to give stability to its productions, or to support 

 a large population. For many years, therefore, those who cultivate the soil with patience 

 and industry, will reap large rewards for the capital and labor invested in agriculture. 



Country Seats about Boston. — De gustibus non disputandum. Why, gentlemen, each 

 all, and every one of the charming country seats you talk about, are fine places, in their 

 way. No matter whether a residence and grounds occupy a site on a hill, a plain, ur in 

 a valley, so that it be properly built, arranged, and planted, it may be equally beautiful 

 and attractive. Individual variety in such things is what makes the whole, taken col- 

 lectively, beautiful. Variety of surface demands variety in buildings and in the formation of 

 the grounds around them. How monotonous would look a range of villas and grounds, 

 plantations and gardens, all after one pattern! A small enclosure, besidean extensive one; 

 a cottage, in the neighborhood of a palace; a wood near an open field; a highly cultiva- 

 ted garden with its flowers and shrubbery, protected by the adjoining forest of laro-e and 

 stately trees — all give variety, character, and completeness to the landscape, which the dull 

 monotony of like things would fail to do, and thus a country, uninteresting in itself, as the 

 neighborhood of Boston would be in its natural state, becomes one of the most enchant- 

 ing character, by the diversity of art and taste which is exercised in its embellishment. I 

 wish every city in the United States was half as well environed, in its country places, as 

 Boston. We should be far in advance of what we now are. Jeffreys. 



NOTES ON STRAWBERRIES. 



BY G. W. HUNTSMAN, FLUSHING, N. V. 



It is desirable, now that so many new seedlings are coming into notice, to define, if pos- 

 sible, what qualities are the most desirable. Those which I consider as constitutino- a 

 perfect strawberry, are the following: 



A vigorous and hardy plant — capable of bearing alike our summers' sun and wi 



