EATERGKEEN SHEUBS. 



The Double Crimson and Double White Peach, which we now figure, are important 

 additions to this interesting group. They were obtained in China, some five or six 

 years ago, by Mr. Fortune, for the London Ilorticultural Society. Three years ago 

 we obtained some of the first plants that were sent out, at a guinea apiece, and both 

 flowered finely last season, side by side. Our artist then made the drawings now pre- 

 sented. They appear to be about as hardy as our common Peach, and have the same 

 habit and appearance. Their great value consists in the novelty of their colors — pwre 

 ivhite and deej) crimson — quite distinct from the pale rose or pecch-blossom of the old 

 sorts. Flowering side by side, they produce a fine effect, and commend themselves to- 

 a place in all oniamental plantations where the climate is not unfavorable to the blos- 

 soming of the Peach. Where the Peach, blossoms are generally killed, they will of 

 course be of no value, unless protected. The flowers of both are semi-double — that is, 

 they have several rows of petals, and show some stamens in the center. 



It has been noted as a remarkable fact, in England, that the Crimson Peach has 

 produced two, and in som'e cases three, fruits from one flower — a circumstance that 

 never occurs in other Peaches. Our trees set no fruit last season, nor will they the 

 coming one, as the blossom-buds, in common with all Peach blossom-buds, were killed 

 by the intense cold of last February. 



It is scarcely necessary to a.dd, that these new varieties are propagated by budding 

 on the Peach, Almond, or Plum stocks, just as other Peaches, and require the same 

 soil and treatment. 



EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 



BY HENET W. SAKGENT, "WODENETHE, FISHKILL LANDING, N. T. 



Ix !Mr. Munn's article upon "Evergreen Shrubs," in the March number of the Hor- 

 ticulturist^ he admits the eligibility of the various hybrid Rhododendrons for the 

 adornment of our gardens and pleasure-grounds, while he regrets that the price, and 

 comparatively slow rate at which they can be propagated, will forbid their rapid 

 introduction, except for purposes of experiment. With all due courtesy to Mr. Mcnn's 

 experience, I must beg leave to diff"er from him in this respect. I am aware that, from 

 what I consider a most mistaken policy, the nurserymen in this country hold them at 

 prices which would forbid a general introduction, but they can be imported from Eng- 

 land at exceedingly low rates. 



I have, during the past six years, tested all the varieties of Rhododendrons which 

 are classed "Hardy" in England, and I have come to this conclusion, that in my 

 locality, half-way between New York and Albany, none do so universally well as the 

 Catawhiense and its varieties, including the Belgic hybrids. Next to this is the jwuti- 

 cum. This latter variety can be delivered on board ship or steamer, at Liverpool, at 

 the following prices : One foot high, 15s per 100, or £5 per 1,000 ; two to two and a 

 half feet high, 25s to 30s per 100, or £12 per 1,000 ; large, bushy plants, three to five 

 feet high. Is to 3s Gd each. Surely, twenty-five dollars for one thovisand Rhododen- 

 is not exhorbitant. The freight per sailing vessel is very low, and they transplant 

 such certainty that the loss with me I don't believe averages one per cent. Many 



