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geron, Forelle, Urbaniste, Golden Beurre of Bilboa, Passe Colraar, Catillac, Glout 

 Morceau, Vicar of Winkfield, Easter Beurre, and some others of lesser note. As 

 not blighting at all, or very rarely, I would name Seckel, Lawrence, Duchesse d'An- 

 gouleme, Beurre d'Anjou, BufFum, Manning's Elizabeth, Early Catherine, Kingsess- 

 ing, Butter, Doyenne Boussock, Kirtland, Beurre Clairgeau, Beurre Bosc, Cushing, 

 Dix, Ananas d'Ete, and many others not so generally known. There are also a num- 

 ber of valuable varieties that might be mentioned, liable somewhat to blight, but not 

 enough to entirely condemn them, such as Howell, Bartlett, Doyenne d'Ete, Beurre 

 Giffard, St. Michael Archange and Doyenne d'Alencon. 



Jenkentoion. 



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Home G-ardening. 



Andrew S. Fuller commends the following List in the Rural New Yorker: 



Twelve Hiirdy Slinths. 



In this list I shall name the most hardy as well as beautiful. 



A/nygdalus pumila. — Double rose-colored almond ; an old and well-known plant. 



Amygdalus pumila alba. — Double white flowering almond. 



Azaleas^ nudiflora and viscosa. — Both natives of the Northern States, and scarcely 

 surpassed by any exotic species. 



Calycanthus floridus. — The well-known sweet-scented shrub. Flowers dark choco- 

 late color. 



Beutzia crenata plena. — Flowers double white, tinged with rose color ; superb. 



Deutzia gracilis. — A very small shrub, with long spikes of pure white flowers ; a 

 splendid plant for forcing in winters. 



Forsythia viridissima. — Flowers yellow, produced very early in the spring, before 

 the leaves. 



Japan Quince {Cydonia Japonica). — Flowers large, deep scarlet ; produced early 

 in spring. 



Prunus triloba. — A beautiful shrub, with double flowers of a deep pink color. It 

 succeeds best when worked upon plum stocks. 



Spiraea Reevesii. — Flowers pure white, in large clusters, appearing about the time 

 the leaves are fully developed. 



Viburnum opulus. — The well-known snowball; a shrub deserving a place in the 

 most select list. 



Weigela Hortensis niiiea. — Flowers pure white, blooming in late spring. 



A good selection of harJy shrubs should consist of not less than fifty species and 

 varieties, and then the best of the old favorites, as well as a few of the new kinds, 

 can be included. 



Mr. Fuller also advises the following 



Twelve Winter- Blootning Mants for Small Greenhouses. 



Abutilon vexillari2im elegans. — A half-climbing shrub, bearing a profusion of scar- 

 let, orange, and pink flowers. There are also many other species and varieties, vary- 

 ing in size and color of flowers as well as habit of the plant, all desirable. 



Azalea ovata alba. — Flowers pure white. 



