under great disadvantages, in being forced two successive seasons, and without being 

 shifted. lu the flavor of the fruit we think it far surpasses any previous variety 

 knuwu to our cultivatoi-s. It has nothing of the insipidity of the Nectarine, and 

 less than usual of its peculiar odor; it may be pronounced a smooth skinnrd l\(ich 

 of the most delicate character, exceedingly tender, rich, juicy and sugary, without 

 the slightest trace of the flavor of prussic acid. When we speak of the odor of the 

 common Nectarines, we do not do so disparagingly, for the smell and the beauty of 

 the fmit have hitherto comprised its principal value. The plant is growing on a 

 Peach stock, and the fruit may be said to equal in size any of the melting varieties. 

 Mr. Graff deserves great credit for its introduction. 



It may be as well to reproduce here some of the particulars respecting this novelty 

 from the Journal of the London Horticultural Society. Fruit of this new and ex- 

 traordinary production was received August 29th, 184G, from Lord Prudhoe, in 

 whose garden at Stauwick-park it had ripened. He obtained the variety from stones 

 given him by the vice-consul at xVleppo, then residing near Suedia in Syria, whose 

 favorable climate is peculiarly suitable for the cultivation of Asiatic or European 

 fniits. The vice-consul, Mr. Barker, brought to England Peaches and Nectarines 

 with sweet kernels like a nut, probably never heard of till their existence was an- 

 nounced by him. The fruit of the Peach and Nectarine, partaking so much as it 

 does of the qualities of the bitter Almond, must have been very deleterious in its 

 unimproved state. It was considered unlikely that amelioration would be carried 

 much farther. For at least a century little improvement has been efi"ected, and in 

 every variety hitherto the kernels have proved intensely bitter. But at last this 

 is overcome ; in the specimen above described, the deleterious quality considered 

 inherent in the species has disappeared. 



The tree on its own roots is a strong and robust grower, and continues to grow 

 lute in autumn, and has hitherto retained its leaves in ]i]ngland throughout the 

 winter. Lord Prudhoe' s gardener has no doubt that when worked on Apricot, 

 Plum, or Almond stocks, it will prove quite hardy there, and bear well even in the 

 north. The original price was fifty dollars a plant. 



What say our hybridisers can be done to give it an American constitution ? 



CULTURE OF THE OLIVE IN AMERICA. 



A recent number of the Cliarhston Mercury has the following correspondence and 

 remarks in relation to this plant : "It has long been the opinion of many observing 

 men that the Olive may be successfully raised here to as great perfection as in the 

 south of Europe. A resident of Philadelphia, three years ago, imported a quantity 

 from France for some plantations in Texas, but we have not since heard of their 

 fate." 



Plants of it are very common in the green-houses of Philadelphia, and if our 

 Southern friends find it answer their purpose to grow them, our nurserymen would 



