486 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Plums. 



sence, three of the fuchsias he names have flowered finely in 

 our collection, viz., Acantha, Napoleon, and Beauty Supreme 

 — the first of which we had two years ago. Phlox Drum- 

 mond/t var. Leopolds has already been recommended by us 

 for its great beauty, (Vol. XIV, p. 311.)— Ed. 



Art. II, Descriptions and Engravings of Select Varieties 

 of Plums. By the Editor. 



Our last article, under this head, appeared in our last vol- 

 ume, (XIV, p. 149,) when we described four varieties. Last 

 year we did not have an opportunity to secure many draw- 

 ings, owing to the limited crop; but the present season, in 

 this vicinity, the plum was the only fruit which escaped the 

 general destruction of last winter, and our own trees, as well 

 as others in the neighborhood, were weighed down with the 

 profusion of fruit. This has enabled us to inspect many va- 

 rieties, and to complete the descriptions and drawings of 

 a large number, which we shall, hereafter, lay before our 

 readers. 



9. Coe's Golden Drop. Hort. Soc. Catalogue, 3d Ed., 1842. 



Coe's. Pomological Magazine, vol. 11, pi. 57. 



Coe's Imperial, ~| 



Golden Drop, I 



New Golden Drop, g^^ ^^^^ 3^ ^^^ jg^^ 



Uury oeedling, 



Fair's Golden Drop, 



Golden Gage, 



Waterloo, of some French collections. 



Coe's Golden Drop {fig. 42) is one of the most delicious of 

 all plums ; resembling the Washington in size, equalling the 

 Green Gage in the lusciousness of its juice, and coming in 

 after both of these varieties have gone, it may be fairly 

 ranked as one of the best kinds yet produced, and indispen- 

 sable to even the very smallest collection. 



Mr. Downing states, that this variety "succeeds well in 



