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3 mulberries, 64 peaches, 15 nectarines, 18 apricots, 24 kinds of 

 gooseberries imported from England every year, 20 kinds of nut 

 trees, including English walnut, filbert, pecan, American and Span- 

 ish chestnuts, and chincapins. 



There are offered " several kinds " of figs, medlars (" mcspilas 

 germanica maxlua ") , American persimmon (" diospiros virgini- 

 ana"), European date plum ("' diospiros lotus"), and the "Pa- 

 paw or custard apple, annua glabra." 



Of currants there are 9 varieties and of strawberries 17, one of 

 which was the " White alpine, or monthly everbearing, without 

 runners, recently raised bv the Count of Vinde." This new intro- 

 duction was listed at One Dollar a plant, a very high price for 

 those days.* Three species of barberry are listed, 5 blackberries, 

 6 whortleberries, and the common cranberry. 



The list of ornamental trees and shrubs includes the surprising 

 number of 235 varieties of roses, of which 169 are hardy. Among 

 wild flowers offered for sale is the trailing arbutus (Epigea repens), 

 the extinction of which by commercial exploitation we are now 

 fighting. In addition to the roses there are 361 other species and 

 varieties of ornamental trees, listed according to their ultimate 

 height. 



in addition to the woody plants Mr. Parmentier states that his 

 " collection of Herbaceous Plants is very good, and contains many 

 species of Paeony, Fleur de Luce, Phlox, Speedwell, Lychnis, 

 Carnation, Pink, Lilies, &c. &c," a catalog of which is announced 

 to appear shortly, together with a list of greenhouse plants. It is 

 doubtful if so rich a variety of plants can be found listed today in 

 the catalog of any single American nursery. 



In view of the great: difficulty experienced in the growing of 

 evergreens in the present Brooklyn Botanic Garden, it is of interest 

 to read Mr. Parmentier's note that " The only large evergreen 

 which succeeds in this latitude, is the Balsam Fir, pinus balsamea" 

 (Abies balsamea) . This, too, was long before the days when the 



* According to a newspaper notice of November, 1922, the sum of $50,000 

 was recently paid in the United States for a single plant of an everbearing 

 variety of strawberry. This recalls (lie famous prices paid for tulips in the 

 Netherlands during the famous tulip mania of 1634-38, when a record price 

 of 13,000 florins was paid for a single bulb. 



