Descriptive Account of the Grape. 43 



well rounded ; top petals deep bright maroon, softening evenly to the edge, 

 which is of a warm pink, similar to the under petals ; free bloomer and good 

 in habit. 



Mustee. — Handsome large flower ; ground-color delicate warm pink, with 

 a steady purple maroon blotch ; good habit, and free bloomer. 



Rosy Circle. — Fresh rosy color, dark, well defined spot; good round stiff 

 flower ; profuse bloomer, and constant. 



Favorita. — This flower is inferior to Foster's Favorite,h\it sufficiently like 

 it to be mistaken for it. Its good quality consists in its constancy ; and, 

 from its habit of growth and bloom, it is desirable for either the private 

 stage or exhibition table. 



Margaret. — A small, smooth, good-shaped maroon-colored flower; pro- 

 fuse bloomer ; the lower petals flat, pink ; the margin on the upper ones is 

 of a bright tint. 



Zenobia. — A very attractive flower, but defective in its general form, the 

 lower petals being too pointed. Its novelty consists in its massive mulberry 

 spot on the upper petals, margined with rose ; centre white, lower petals 

 delicate pink ; profuse bloomer, and good habit. 



Art. VII. Descriptive Account of Thirty-two Varieties of 

 Grapes., fruited in 1846 ; with Remarks upon their gen- 

 eral qualities, &c. By J. F. Allen, Salem, Mass. 



Below is a list of the grapes which I have grown under 

 glass, and exhibited at the rooms of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society this season, with a description of them. 



By the term, "hangs well," may be understood that the 

 fruit will keep on the vine, after it is ripe, sixty days, or 

 more ; provided, that proper attention is given, to keep the 

 house dry and well aired: by a "late house," is meant one 

 in which fire heat is applied in autumn, to ripen and preserve 

 the crop. 



Black Hamburgh. — More extensively cultivated, and de- 

 servedly so, in the vicinity of Boston, than any other grape 

 under glass. It is a great bearer, the flavor very rich and 

 sweet ; bunch large, shouldered alike on both sides ; berries 

 roundish and sometimes elongated, large, and, when well 

 grown, very black, with a thick bloom. Good for forcing, 

 cold, or a late house; hangs well. It was sent to England 

 about eighty years since from Hamburgh, and this name giv- 



