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stone seedling is also quite unworthy of cultivation ; it is a very high fla- 

 vored fruit, but only of medium size, and a poor bearer ; the vines quite ten- 

 der in winter, and burnt by the sun in summer : in some situations, it may 

 produce half a crop ; but all who cultivate it, will be greatly disappointed if 

 they trust to the statements which have been made in regard to it. It has 

 been caltivated around Boston six years, but we have never yet known a 

 single box offered for sale, or but one box exhibited before the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society. 



Dahlias, /. P. — Dahlias have been so much improved, that the cata- 

 logues do not now contain any really poor varieties : but there is quite a 

 variety of excellence in the many kinds which make up the great number. 

 The following are twelve fine kinds for show flowers : — Admiral Stopford, 

 Antagonist, Duke of York, Cleopatra, Marchioness of Ormonde, Harlequin, 

 Arethusa, Orlando, Punch, Sir E. Antrobus, Beeswing and Standard of 

 Perfection. 



Cinerarias. A Prize Exhibitor. — This beautiful tribe, which has recent- 

 ly been so much improved, is of easy cultivation, either by seeds, cuttings, 

 or offsetts, and excellent articles will be found in our two last volumes on 

 their growth?. Raising from seeds, is the way to get new varieties, and if 

 choice seeds are procured fins kincis may he expcete;!. The seeds should 

 be sown immediately, in a pot, placed in a hot-bed, or the green-house, and 

 in spring the plants can be pricked out into the open ground. Taken up 

 and properly potted in the autumn, they will make beautiful plants for exhi- 

 bition in the spring of 1848. 



Pelargoniums. C — Twelve fine pelargoniums, of such kinds as can be 

 obtained of our nurserymen, are as follows : — Sjlph, Queen Phillippi, 

 Celestial, Bridegroom, Priory Queen, Jenny Lind, Conservative, Sophia 

 Matilda, Foster's Matilda, King John, Erectum and Medora. Beck's new 

 seedlings are far superior to most of these, but they are yet rare, and none 

 of them for sale in American collections till the next autumn. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR MARCH. 



FaUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines in the green-house will now have just broken their eyes, 

 and will be pushing forward with vigor ; by the latter part of this month, 

 if they have been properly treated, the shoots will be about ten inches in 

 length, and will show their flower-buds ; syringings should be freely given 

 in all good weather, until the eyes are all broken, and the usual attention 

 given to bending down the shoots, should the upper eyes get the advance 

 of the lower ones : the main object witli a good grape-grower, is, to break 

 every eye. Vines in pots, which are now showing fruit, should be moderate- 

 ly supplied with water. A temperature of 45 to 50 dcg. at night is ample 

 for this month. 



