THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE, 



SEPTEMBER, 1848. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Akt. I. Descriptions and Engravings of Select Varieties of 

 Cherries. By the Editor. 



In onr volume for last year, (XIII. p. 394,) we commenced 

 a series of articles under this head, in which we intend to 

 accurately describe and figure, all the fine varieties of cherries 

 worthy of cultivation. The past spring having been rather 

 unfavorable to cherries, our specimen trees bore but little fruit, 

 and that little was made " beautifully less" by the thievish 

 propensities of the birds. Indeed, with a few exceptions, out 

 of fifty or sixty kinds, we saved scarcely any really large and 

 well ripened specimens, and these were only preserved by 

 netting over the trees. What, however, we cannot do this 

 year, we hope to accomplish next, when we shall endeavor^ 

 if a favorable year, to find some means of preserving the fruit 

 from the depredations of the birds. 



4. Florence. Hort. Soc, Catalogue^ 3d Ed. 1842. 



KneveU's Late Bigarreau. Hort. Soc. Cat., 3d Ed. 1842. 



This fine cherry, which is yet but little known, was im- 

 ported into England from Florence, about forty years ago, but 

 the first fruir exhibited before the London Horticultural Soci- 

 ety was in 1816. It is said to be extensively cultivated at 

 Florence, where it is greatly esteemed. 



The Florence, {fig. 36,) has been introduced into some of 

 our amateur and nursery collections for several years, but, 



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