Of tliese, altliougli their nanicB are so expressive, scarcely any are remarkable for 

 their qualities. They are all red and handsome, except No. 10, which is a large, white 

 I*^tr;iwl>orrv, apparently the s;ime as the Bicton Pine ; a variety of that very old sort 

 the Uliite Otroliiid. 



No 6 has been called a perpetual Strawberry. It is not so; but it forces well. 



No. 4 appears to be hybndised with the Alpine Strawberry, and beare a very late 

 crop. The fruit is too acid. This cross will probably give us, one day, some good late 

 varieties, as one is now advertised from Liege, under the name of Delices (TAutomne ; 

 aii.l another from Bordeaux, La Belle Bunlelaise, "tres grosse, gout exquis." These 

 sorts will probably be found too acid for our taste, but they will undoubtedly be the 

 •parents of some autumnal varieties, more sweet and rich, and thus prolong the season 

 of this channing fruit 



The American Stra\vV)erries do not seem to be adapted to our climate. The best of 

 them, and, according to American pomologists, the best vanety they have, Hove>/s 

 Seedling, grows most vigorously, but is a shy bearer. Its fruit last season was better 

 than usual, of a bright red color, medium size, and of a brisk agreeable flavor, but not 

 at all rich. 



Mvatt's seedlings seem to be of a peculiar breed, and, with the exception of Surprise, 

 which, like Prince Arthur, is very large, with no other redeeming quality, have more or 

 less the British Queen aroma. Three of his seedlings, given to a friend to prove, about 

 three years ago, are perhaps as fine as any of our new Strawberries, or finer. They 

 were numbered by the gentleman they were sent to, Nos. 1, 2, and 3. No. 3 is as 

 laro-e as the British Queen, of a unifonn bright crimson to its extreme point, and rich 

 and most excellent in flavor. Tliey are all remarkably hardy and great bearers. 



Nimrod has proved here so like Eleanor as not to be distinguished from it, either in 

 size, flavor, or the habit of the plants. 



The new Strawberries from Yorkshire — Ajax, Captain Cook, Fillhasket, and Ruhy — 

 are hardy, productive varieties, and give large and handsome fruit ; but, in common 

 with nearly all the new sorts, they lack that flavor which now ought to be reckoned 

 essential in every new kind of Strawberry ; I mean either the delicious aroma of the 

 British Queen or the piquancy of the Old Pine. 



now TO CUT WILLOWS. 



BY JOIIN SAUL, W.\5niNGT0N, D. C. 



If the reader will turn to page 1*72 of the last year's volume, he will find an admirable 

 article on "Willow-Culture," by Mr. Chas. Downing, of Newburgh, N. Y., in which 

 the subject is so plainly discussed that the merest tyro in Willow-growing can not fail, 

 if its directions are carried out. I question much if a better treatise on the subject 

 ever appeared, though many have been more elaborate. Every Willow-grower, how- 

 ever experienced, should read it, and may read it a second time to advantage. On the 

 nature and preparf>tion of the soil, culture, (tc., nothing can be added. Follow Mr. D.'s 

 instructions, and success is certain. I will, however, oflTer a few remarks on the dis- 

 tances at which Willows should be planted, and how cut in after years, though 

 former is a consequence of the latter. 



