262 General iN'otices. 



gardening have mentioned the subject, except a remark in the 

 London Horticultural Society's Catalogue, that there exists 

 in all sorts of Hautbois both the ^'•proUjxc,^'' and also those 

 sterile plants commonly called males, which have '■'•long run- 

 ners.'''' No reference is made to the other classes of this 

 fruit, which contain so many sorts, and so many of which in 

 the same work are set down as bud bearers. The French 

 writers appear to have been the first who discovered it, and 

 alluded to it in some of their late publications. 



After what has been written, it is only necessary to know 

 that our Seedling, the Methven, Downton, and others, should 

 be set out in beds, near to a bed of Early Virginia, or some 

 other staminate plants; not barren ones, or those devoid of 

 pistils, as some cultivators have advised, as it is just as well to 

 have such as will produce a crop of fruit. Those who may 

 have found our strawberry a shy bearer, after this explanation 

 will be able to produce as great a crop as they could wish. 



An inspection of the engravings of the two kinds of flowers, 

 in p. 258, will enable the cultivator to detect them very easily. 

 In our engraving the two flowers are nearly of a size. INlr. 

 Longworth's sketch was made last fall, probably from recol- 

 lection, and was somewhat imperfect. Our present drawing 

 was made from a flower as we took it from the vines. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. General Notices. 



Pruning black Currants. — The best method of pruninsr black cm-- 

 rauts is to thin out the branches wlicn they are too thick, and not 

 shorten, unless when a shoot or branch requires to be cut back, in or- 

 der to produce one or more additional, to fill up an adjoining open- 

 injr. (Gard. Chvon., 1842, j). 25.) 



Hemerocdtlis crrridea, and the other species, require to be planted 

 in loainy soil, kept rather dry in winter, but freely supplied with 

 moisture in the j^rowing season. Tliey are also the hotter it' planted 

 in a situation where they are partially shaded from the mid-day sun. 

 The Japan species, now called funkias, are more delicate, and are 

 apt to sufler from superabundant moisture during the vvinterj they 



