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upon the rocks at St. Diego, on the coast of Calit'ornia: he named 

 it, as was stated, in honor of Mr. Tuckerman, of your city. It be- 

 longs to the Compositefe, is a showy plant, with bipinnately divided 

 leaves, with linear entire segments nearly all borne towards the base 

 of the stem, which terminates in a naked peduncle a foot long. Mr. 

 Nuctall left me two jjlants, when he left the country, wishing me, if 

 possible, to protect them and send him some seed. As I had no 

 place for them, I sent them to Mr. Kilvington, who was so kind as 

 to raise them, and gave me the seed. It will make a tolerably good 

 border plant; the leaves very succulent, the flowers few but very 

 yellow. When jdentier, I will send you some seed. It may improve 

 on cultivation- — Yours, G. Watson, Philadelphia, Aug. 184:1. 



Producing good crops of Strawberries, without regard to male and 

 female blossoms, (p. 2.57.) — We have your seedling strawberry here, 

 and it grows vigorous and very fast, although not quite so rapid as 

 Mr. Buist represents. How it will turn out as regards the male and 

 female blossoms, 1 am not able to determine as yet; but I do not al- 

 together believe in the doctrine of your correspondent, Mr. Long- 

 worth, of Cincinnati, and the more especially when he asserts that 

 none of the English gardeners know the true character of the straw- 

 berry. I have had the experience of five years in Scotland, and the 

 same length of time in England, in the cultivation of the strawberry, 

 in common with other things, and have never known the strawberry 

 to fail of a good crop, unless from some reason obvious to every in- 

 telligent gardener, different from a want or profusion of male or fe- 

 male organs. A practical experience of nine years in America con- 

 vinces me that a good crop of strawberries, no matter what variety, 

 depends more on the cultivation than in looking for the right number 

 of male and female blossoms, although I think in America there is a 

 necessity for some attention being paid to that; but when the object 

 is to raise twenty-five or thirty or more bushels of strawberries, with 

 all the other press of business on hand, the matter would require to 

 be despatched with more speed than by following all the niceties of 

 Mr. Lon^iworth's plan. — 1 remain, xoith respect, yours, Thomas Al- 

 len, Winchester, Va., Aug. 1842. 



Art. IV. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, July 30, 1842. — Exhibited. Flowers: From the Presi- 

 dent of the Society, dahlias, viz: — President Von Litchenburg, a red 

 one tipped with while, Cox's Rival Revenge, Constantia, and Andrew 

 Hofer. From S. R. Johnson, Chinese and noisette roses, and car- 

 nations. From W. E. Carter, a variety of flowers, including dah- 

 lias, ])inks, fine double hollyhocks, bouquets, &c. From J. F. Trull, 

 a collection of dahlias, verbenas, phloxes, Sic. From W. Meller, 

 bouquets. 



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