1 66 An7ials of Horticulture. 



Cucumber, Pekin Giant. Btickbee. 



— Thorburn's New Everbearing. Tho7-btirn. 



Of small size ; very early and productive, and valuable as a green 

 pickler. The vines continue to produce fruit until killed by frost. 



Currant, Red Oak. H. A. Jo7ies, Himi'ods, N. V. 



Seedling from Cherry. Originated near Elmira, N. Y. Season 

 later than other varieties ; good cropper, perfectly hardy ; leaves re- 

 sembling an oak leaf. 



— Saunders. IVm. Saujiders, Ont. 



Cydonia Japonica, pendula. Temple ^^ Beard. 



A remarkable form of the Japan quince, with habit somewhat like 

 that of Forsythia siispensa. Found among imported seedlings at 

 Shady Hill, Cambridge, Mass. 



Dahlia, Floral Park Jewel. Colors various. Childs. 



— Thomas Ware's, introduced by various dealers : 



Amphion, Asia, Dorothy, Diadem, Excellent, Florie Fisher, F. W. 

 Strandling, HertieKing, Honoria, Isaac Pitman, J. Humerston, Kate, 

 Lustrous, Major Clark, Margery, Miss Jekyll, Miss Louisa Pryor, 

 Miss Ramsbottom, Mrs. B. S. Liddall, Mrs. Edward Morley, Mrs. 

 G. Reid, Mrs. Jas. Grieve, Mrs. Peter McKenzie, Nelly Cramond, 

 Panthia, Plutarch, Professor Baldwin, Purple Princess, Royalty, 

 Sidney Hollings, Sir Trevor Lawrence, The Ameer, Walter, Zulu. 



Daphne Cneorum, majus. Te^nple 6^ Beard. 



Larger than the type. Holland. 

 Variegated. Temple 6^ Beard. 



Foliage bordered with white. Holland. 



Date. Varieties introduced from Egypt and Algiers, by the 

 Divisiofi of Pomology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture : 



Amhat, Amreeyeh, Deylet Nour, Hazaneh, M'Kentichi-Degla, 

 Nakleh-et-Pasha, Rars, Rasheedeh, Seewah, Sultaneh, Zeb-et-Aled. 



Dewberry, Wilson's Mammoth White. Wilson. 



Originated in Texas. 

 Dodocatheon Clevelandi, or Giant American Cowslip. He7i- 

 derson ; Farquhar. 



Perennial, discovered in California, and named by Prof. Edward 

 L. Greene, of the State University of California, in i888" Stems 

 one foot high, surmounted with from six to ten large, beautiful, cycla- 

 men-like flowers of violet blue, with y*ellow and black center. It is 

 perfectly hardy, and a beautiful plant for partially shaded situations. 



Elderberry, Brainard. Brandt. 



Fully three times as large as the common elderberry. 



Encephalartos brachyphyllus. Reasoner Bros. 



Natal. 



