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Leicester. It is stated to be a seedling from " Wilson's 

 Early," already in high repute. In 1884 the crop in Eng- 

 land was in the ratio of over a hundred and ten bushels 

 per acre, and this year (1885) it is plainly going to be a 

 hundred and fifty bushels. The robustness, the marvel- 

 lous fecundity, and the ease with which plantations of the 

 "Wilson Junior" may be established, leave nothing to 

 wish for. The fruits are as large as mulberries, of the 

 best of colours, and the best of blackberry flavours. 



Some of the American Rubi lead off with distinguished 

 beauty of blossom. Conspicuous among these is the 

 odoratus, introduced about the year 1700, under the name 

 of the Virginian Raspberry, a good town-plant, thorn- 

 less, or nearly so, with great palmate leaves, and rosy- 

 purple flowers the size of a florin. The red fruit, though 

 not often seen, ripens in Cheshire. The white-flowered 

 Nutkanus, from Nootka Sound in 1826, is another very 

 desirable species, the fruit yellow or reddish, and excel- 

 lent for tarts. One of the very handsomest is the Rubus 

 deliciosus of the Rocky Mountains, the snow-white flowers 

 two inches across, and resembling single roses. The name, 

 unfortunately, is misleading, for the fruit, in reality, is poor 

 and mawkish. The plant was originally discovered during 

 the celebrated expedition of 1821. The stories related 

 by explorers of inhospitable regions with regard to the 

 fruits they have met with must always be received 

 cautiously. Everything tastes good to the hungry man, 

 and it is very plain that the description given to Torrey, 

 who bestowed the name, told of the relish rather than 



