EDITOE'S TABLE. 



Sdenk Peae. — Xo one could give a truer history of this j>ear than that friend of horticultural 

 improvement, J. B. Garbee; but for the sake of pomological nomenclature, let it henceforth be 

 called Shenk, or Schenck's, which is outlandish enough, sam culotte. A familiarity with this 

 variety for years in its native locality, led me to estimate it highly ; but having fruited it here 

 for three years, my opinion is changed. It ripens only a few days earlier than the Bartlett, and 

 is much inferior. It cracks badly, and among dozens not a perfect specimen is obtained. In those 

 regions where the White Doyenne fails, it will' be well to adopt it with caution. J. K. Eshle- 



MAN. — Downington, Pa. 



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The Viotoeia eegia. — Mr. John Savers, of Cincinnati, writes us : "I have been very 

 successful with the Victoria regia^ and have it now finely in bloom ; have had leaves six 

 feet three inches in diameter, which "astonished the natives" out here. It flowered for 

 the first time on the evening of September 2.3d, at the time of our Horticultural Exhibition. 

 I exhibited a leaf and floAver, which attracted the attention of a great many to the 

 Exhibition." 



Books axd Pampolets Received. — From Vsr. Brewster, Esq., Montreal, Eiver''s 

 OrcTmrd House; oi\ The Cultitation of Fruit Trees in Pots Under Glass. Second 

 edition: 1853. 



— The Provincial Prize List of tlie Agricultural and Industrial Bxhiiitions of Canada 

 for 1853. 



StnsbDjrs to CorrtjsponJjtnts. 



I SENT) you by express a small box containing a stem of my Chautauque Perpetual strawberry, 

 found a year since in the field. It has been in bearing since June just as you see it now — blos- 

 soms, green, and ripe fruit. What is it? and is it like any of the other Perpetuals? The sets 

 of this year are also in blossom and fruit. L. Rislet. — Fredonia, N. Y. 



The fruit came quite fresh, and has all the appearance of an Alpine strawberry. 



Lime and Sulphur versus the Curculio. — In the September number of the Roriicidturisf, page 

 428, I read a communication from Thos. W. Ludlow, Jr., Yonkers, Westchester county, N. Y., in 

 which he says : " This is the third beason that I have been successful in destroying the eggs of the 

 curculio, after they were deposited on the fruit ; and I do therefore feel assured that the com- 

 pound used by me is an effective remedy. I strongly recommend its general use, and if it be 

 thoroughly applied," <tc. Now, as I wish to become acquainted with the manner of making the 

 application of this remedy (lime and sulphur), by republishing the original article you will confer 

 a great favor on at least one new subscriber. E. P. Goodsell — Hartford, Conn. 



The following is the article referred to by Mr. Goodsell : 



Ravages of the Curculio Prevented. — The accompanying box will show evidence for itself, 

 that I have, for the second year, found means of arresting the fearful progress of the curculio, 

 which is by syringing the trees, after the fall of the blossom, with a mixture of whitewash and 

 flour of sulphur, in the proportion of eighteen double handfuls of sulpliur to a barrel of tolerably 

 thick wliilewash, made of unslaked lime. The sediment of this mixture will answer for a second 

 and third barrel, merely filled with water, and well stirred. 



I applied the above three times a week for four weeks, and have met with great success, having 

 been obliged to prop the limbs to sustain the weight of the fruit. The trees are ten yeai^s 

 and have blossomed every spring, but have never until last year ripened any fruit 



