SEPTEMBER 6, 1858. 



specimens, which were found to have a subdued aromati 

 were of opinion that Fiuochio might be more cultivated i 

 plant than it has hitherto been in this country. 



Sept. 0, 



GKAPES.— FromMr. Rivers, F.H.S.: an early variety, called 

 the Chasselas Vibert, " raised by M. Vibert, of Angers ; a 

 variety of the Sweetwater, with leaves more deeply cut. It ripens 

 freely on walls, and in the cold vinery, whence the fruit exhibited 

 was gathered, from a young vine. Under high culture, it gives 

 very large bunches." Bunch long; berries large, like those of 

 the Sweetwater, round, yellowish-white, transparent; scarcely 

 sufficiently ripe for judging of their quality ; leaves rather deeply 

 cut, robust, opaque, rough above and beneath, with bristly pu- 

 bescence, by which character it may be easily distinguished from 

 the Sweetwater, the leaves of which are glabrous and shining. — 

 Mr. Rivers also sent three bunches of the Prolific Sweetwater 

 Grape, to show the effects of ringing, the one being from a 

 ringed shoot, the other two from shoots not ringed. No decided 

 difference could be detected in the bunches from the ringed and 

 the unringed shoots ; and Mr. Rivers stated that he had arrived 

 at the same conclusion as regards the effects of ringing in the case 

 of vines generally ; but with regard to the Muscat of Alexandria, 

 he had observed that the berries from ringed shoots were the 

 largest. — From M. Be Jonghe, a Grape, supposed to be the 

 Morillon d'Espagne. Bunch middle-size, shouldered ; berries 

 moderately close, nearly the size of those of the Royal Musca- 

 dine ; skin black and thin ; pulp aqueous, sweet, and rich ; seeds 



NEGTARIx\e'— From Mr. Rivers: a Seedling, "raised 

 from a late melting Nectarine (a variety of the old Peterborough), 

 which gives very large fruit, not high in flavour; ripening in 

 October. This seedling had ripened in the orchard house, in a 

 warm situation, ten or twelve days after the Violette Hative and 

 Elruge, so that it may prove valuable as a successionai variety. 

 The tree, like its parent, has small flowers and globose glands." 

 Fruit, large, roundish, about eight inches in circumference; 

 cavity at the foot-stalk small ; skin pale, except next the sun, 

 where it is marbled with bright crimson ; flesh parting from the 

 stone, moderately juicy, but possessing a shght astringency. Tlie 



