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Frogmore Late Pine. — A very large conical fruit, of a deep, yet 

 bright red colour; very juicy and richly flavoured, possessing, in a 

 large degree, the Fine aroma. The best late strawberry. 



Keens Seedling.— An old and well known strawberry, producing 

 large ovate fruit of good flavour. Rather early, and one of the 

 best for general purposes. 



Fresident.—A. large, handsome fruit, of the brightest crimson ; 

 of excellent flavour, and remarkable for its firmness. It travels 

 better than the majority of varieties ; early, productive, and in every 

 way desirable. 



"Vicomtesse Hericaut de Thury.—K pretty fruit, conical, rather 

 above medium size, and of a brilliant scarlet ; solid, rich, and briskly 

 flavoured. A very abundant bearer, and well adapted for general 

 cultivation. Mid-season. 



If ten sorts are required, I should recommend in addition to the 

 foregoing : — 



Carolina Superla. — A large, handsome ovate fruit, of a pale red 

 colour; firm, solid, rich, and vinous, with fine aroma. A very good 

 cropper. Mid-season. 



Eliza Improved.— k. medium sized ovate fruit, of a fine red 

 colour, and most exquisite in flavour. More productive than 

 Myatfs Eliza, and ripening at mid-season. 



Premier. — A large, roundish fruit; corrugated, firm, rich, and 

 juicy, and with bright shining red skin. A good cropper. Mid- 

 season. 



Sir Charles Napier.— K very large fruit, of handsome appear- 

 ance and good quality. The flesh is bri^k, rather acid, but not 

 highly flavoured. It is of robust habit, very productive, and brings 

 its crop to maturity at mid-season. 



I would add that these have been carefully selected from my 

 collection, which now includes nearly one hundred of the best sorts 

 in cultivation. 



riLMT FEENS. 



jIOIY ferns, which comprise the Hymenophyllums, the 

 Todeas, and the Trichomanes, diflfer i'rom ferns generally 

 grown, in requiring a much closer and moisttr atmo- 

 sphere and the fronds to be kept in a constantly moist 

 state. Two of the best known filmy ferns are Todea 

 superha, which is perhaps one of the most beautiful ferns in existence, 

 and the Killarney fern, Trichomanes radicans, which is certainly not 

 wanting in attractiveness when in ordinary health. These ferns have 

 such a cool and refreshing appearance during the summer season, 

 tiiat wherever ferns find a home under glass, provision should be 

 made for tlieir cultivation. Inhabiting, as they do, when growing 

 naturally, dark ravines where they are constantly wetted witli t!ie 

 spray from a waterfall, or kept sufficiently damp by the moisture rising 

 from the water below, they are necessarily peculiar in their require- 



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