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AcKxowLBDGMENTS. — From Geo. Leslie, Toronto, 0. W., seedling Cinerarias. Beauty of 

 Toronto — wliitc center, purple edge. Blue Bonnet (Kennedy) — dark blue, large, but a loose, 

 open, iuiperlcct Hower; the color alone is good. Lculianu — wbite center and crimson on 

 edge; good color, but the petalis are narrow and eliapc very poor. Canada Went (Keiineiiy) 

 — wbite, with a light edging of lilac; delicate and pretty, but wanting (4iaracter and (Hstinct- 

 ness. In the collection of unnamed seedlings examined last mouth, there were some half 

 a dozen better than any of the present lot. 



Seedling Calceolaries — all i)retty, but none of them remarkable. No. 1 is large and colors 

 good; but among hundreds of seedlings which we have seen in bloom this spring, we have 

 found no new colors nor combinations. Deep or light yellow, or cream, with a light or 

 heavy marbling of light red, dark red or maroon. Tho various combinations of these 

 colors, however, are very interesting. 



Britwh Queen Strawberries — We are indebted to B. G. Pabdee, Esq., of Geneva, for 

 specimens of this famous variety, grown by Dr. Hull, of Newbugh. They were of fair 

 size, but not much more than half as largo as we have seen them before, both in this 

 country and in Europe. They must have been ripe at Newburg nearly ten days or a fort- 

 night sooner than they would be at Rochester. A note from Mr. Pardee concernmg Dr. 

 Hcxl's culture •will be found in another place. 



I send inclosed two small pqnaros of enameled glass suitable for horticnltural purposes. It is 

 manufactured near tiiis city, and is considered an admirable substitut* for all other kinds for 

 green-houses and forcing beds. One surface is made opake in its manufacture ; it is roughened 

 and similar in appearance to what is termed ground glass. Why import, while an article in all 

 respects available is made in this country ? The cost of this enameling on the glass is five cents 

 per foot additional to the price of the glass, or five dollars per hundred feet. Glass that I sell at 

 $4.00, $-4.25, and S^-t.SO per 100 feet, would be $9.00, |9.25, and §9.50; the price of the double 

 thick glasa sent, is double for the glass ; enameling the same. Tuos. P. James. — Philadelphia. 



The glass referred to in Mr. James' note is a beautiful article, and we have no doubt will 

 answer horticultural purposes well. It seems to be just the thing, but five cents per foot 

 for the enaraelmg makes it costly, and the cost is a matter of importance, especially to pro- 

 fessional cullivators who use large quantities of glass, and have to study economy. Sohkj 

 sort of obscured glass seems to be necessary under our bright scorching sun for nearly all 

 glass structures. The Euglish rough plate glass, one-eighth of an inch thick, weighing two 

 pounds to the foot, costs in England from eight cents to ten cents per foot, for sizes varying 

 from 8x10 to 10x14; this is about the price of the enameled glass, common thickness. The 

 double thick enameled would be, we suppose, about one-eighth of an inch thick, and would 

 cost twice as much as the rough plate ; but then there is to be added freight, duty, and 

 other charges. 



Steawbekries. — Our friend Mr. Pardee, now of Geneva, has been on a tour of observa- 

 tion among the strawberries, and very kindly permits us to publish the following notes : 



Strawberry Cultivation. — A determination to examine as thoroughly as possible for myself 

 this spring the best strawberry ground3 within my convenience, induced me to visit the fine 

 gardens of Wm. R. Prince, Esq., of Flushing, and Dr. A. G.' Hull, of Newburgh, on the 8th and 

 9th June inst., where the very large variety of well cultivated, excellent kinds afforded me much 

 gratification. I do not know of any place in this country where we can find nobler specimens o* 

 trees, shrubs, and plants than on the truly splendid grounds of Mr. Pkinck. For many years 

 been a most enthusiastic cultivator of the strawberry, together with the trial of hundreds 



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