122 Hydrangea Japonica. 



and to be the original and ancient Red Rareripe, brought to 

 Flushing by the Huguenot emigrants at the Revocation of 

 the edict of Nantes, together with the Pomme d'Api apple, 

 St. Michael, and Summer Bon Chretien pears, and some other 

 fine fruits, all of which were extensively cultivated in the 

 nursery and orchards of my grandfather, and have continued 

 to be so in numerous orchards and gardens up to the present 

 period. The Red Rareripe peach has been propagated to a 

 greater extent in our nurseries than any other variety, and 

 disseminated to every part of the Union. It acquired its cog- 

 nomen of " Morris," from being extensively cultivated in the 

 orchards of Gouverneur Morris, and his relatives, at Morrissa- 

 nia, a few miles from the city of New York. 



The genuine original Red Rareripe, or George IVth, has 

 globose glands. The Red Rareripe of Mr. Downing, No. 41 

 of his work on fruits, is a distinct variety, and has serrated 

 leaves, without glands. 



I shall send you the results of other investigations connected 

 with the history, nomenclature, and synonomy of the varie- 

 ties of the peach from time to time ; and in order to be perfect- 

 ly au fait on the subject, I have concentrated in my spe- 

 cimen grounds every variety of note, obtainable from France, 

 Italy, England, and our own country, and have even obtained 

 specimen trees of all the principal nursery and orchard col- 

 lections throughout the Union, for the purpose of perfecting 

 the synonomy of this estimable class of fruits. On investiga- 

 tion, I reject every inferior variety, and the collection now 

 oiTered, with the additional highly estimable varieties, which 

 I shall announce in our catalogue for the ensuing autumn, 

 comprise fruits of most admirable qualities, whose introduc- 

 tion will form a new era in the peach culture. 



Linnoean Bot. Gard. afid Nurseries, Flushing, L. I. Feb. 1847. 



Art. IX. Hydrangea Japonica, its Cultivation, with an En- 

 graving of the Plant. By the Editor. 



Since the earliest expeditions which have been sent out 

 from Europe, in search of the Botanical or Floricultural 



