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youug, vigorous shoots. Tea Roses require lighter soil, and flower more frcelj thfln Bengal or 

 B iiirhans; they will iil^o boar more lioiit, nnd should be jilaocd in the warmest part of the liouso. 

 Iloso3 for forcing should have as much sun and air as possible, with n moist atmosjdicre. I liave 

 fuund Roses in greenhouse.*, planted in the border, witli bottom heat, produce more flowers with 

 60 ° of heat than in other cases with 70 ° , and have had better flowers when the temperature 

 did not exceed 50®, than at G5 ® ; 55° is a good temperature for forcing. In rejily to the 

 question, 'Is manure-water good?' I say, yes; if applied judiciously in small portions in Martlu" 



il.wiNG, in couinion with many others of your readers, sufTered by being duped by dishonest 

 nurserymen, (for there are quacks in eycry profession,) I would humbly enggest, as a partial 

 remedy, that more attention be paid by horticulturists to describing trees as well as plants. Fruits 

 are pretty well described, but one has often to wait for years to see the fruit, and often only 

 doomed to disappointment then. The best hints that I have yet seen about trees is in J. J. 

 Thomas' Fruit Ctdturist, which are very good as far as they go, but more is needed. I hoj e, 

 therefore, that when you, or any of your correspondents, describe fruit, that yon will describe 

 the tree also. IL W. Tekry's description of Bcurre Van Mons Pear, in your April number, is 

 good. I have no doubt but it would please many of your readers, as well as the writer, if you 

 would describe a few of the best Pear trees in each number, say a page in each. Although to 

 common observers Pear trees appear very similar, yet when minutely examined they are very 

 different: — Ist, inform or growth of tree; 2d, in color of slioots; 3<1, in buds; and Ith, in leave?. 

 I need not mention the many distinctions which each gives, for you know them much better than 

 I do. A LovKR OF Good Fruit. 



In connection with tbe description of fruits, it is important in all cases to note the char- 

 acteristic habits of the trees, in growth, wood, foliage, &c. We qnltc agree with our cor- 

 respondent in this. We sliall soon commence a series of notices of the best fruits. 



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About Strawbekeies. — Saml. J. GusTi^r, Esq., of the Kewark Nurseries, writes as 

 follows : 



" I had some Strawberries this summer, of the British Queen variety, which for beauty, large 

 size, and fine flavor, excelled anything I have ever seen in the shape of Strawberries. By the 

 annexed slip from the Herald, you will see that they were of enormous size, [ 8^ inches in cir- 

 cumference.] Mr. Tnop.BURN and a gentleman from Boston who saw them wished me to send a 

 box to the Mass. Hort. Society ; but the largest of them got too ripe before the time. Mr. Lo.ng- 

 woRTii, who you know is rather prejudiced in favor of the Cincinnati Strawberries, saw them 

 after the vines had been picked twice, yet he was so much pleased M'ith it that he took all the 

 runnners and all the fruit he could get, to raise seedlings from. The plants have only had ordi- 

 nary care. Before planting, the ground was well manured, but not trenched. In the fall the 

 ground between the plants was covered about half an inch or so with old tan bark." 



Why is it we so seldom see that beautiful shrub, Clethra ahvfolia, in gardens and shrubbery? 

 and it is scarce even with nurserymen. Can it be because it is a native plant? Please call the 

 attention of your readers to it. The beautiful spikes of delicate white and fragrant flowers 

 during the month of August, make it a very desirable shrub, and it should be in every collec- 

 tion, however small. Cuas. Dowxixg. 



We are much obliged to Mr. Downing for calling attention to this beautiful but neglected 

 slirub. While other shrubs of much less merit are propagated and sold by the thousand, 

 this is seldom seen or heard of. Will the nurserymen take it up ? Many years ago it was 

 ?( plenty in Prince's nurseries. 



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