442 State of Plants received in America from Europe. 



through your Magazine, which I presume is perused by all 

 of the trade, some remarks as to the quality and condition of 

 the articles received, for the benefit of the parties concerned 

 and of the public generally. 



Two hundred pears from M. Noisette, Paris, pretty well 

 packed in moss and straw. Plants tolerably healthy, but all 

 worked on quince stocks ; a serious objection in this climate, 

 where the quince is short-lived and subject to disease. Several 

 bales, imported in the same ship, from other French nurseries, 

 were in wretched condition, packed only in straw, many of the 

 bands broken, the roots bared and dry, and the plants without 

 indication of remaining vitality. 



Sixty roses from M. Noisette. Wrote for new hardy varie- 

 ties ; received half tree and half green-house roses, all well 

 packed in moss. The first handsome plants, but doubtful 

 whether they will withstand the severity of our winters. The 

 Chinese mostly weak plants, some but imperfectly rooted and 

 recent layers ; too small to bear close packing and long trans- 

 portation ; some dead, and others sickly. 



Twelve grapes, and forty georginas, from Charlwood, Lon- 

 don, well packed in moss and basket ; in excellent condition ; 

 the georginas charged at 4^. 



Fifty roses from Charlwood. Grower not known ; came in 

 good order, but plants shamefully bad ; most of them merely 

 budded, and of a feeble year's growth. Our great reliance, 

 in roses imported, is on healthy strong roots of the varieties 

 charged, which may send up shoots, the tops being often 

 injured or killed ; but when we find that we have got merely 

 a budded twig upon a common stock, and that the chances 

 are about equal whether this twig lives or dies, our disappoint- 

 ment and mortification are great, and we feel that we have 

 been imposed upon. 



Fifty roses from Loddiges. Tolerable plants, and in good 

 condition : but we have particularly to complain that the 

 finest rose in the collection (the Belle Alliance, and for which 

 we paid Is. 6d.) was merely a small twig, budded 30 in. from 

 the ground, nearly broken off, and to appearance irreclaimably 

 lost. 



Grafts from the London Horticultural Society's garden ; 

 from the Rev. Mr. Bree of Coventry; from Young, Epsom; 

 from Ronalds, Brentford ; and from M. Saul, Lancashire ; 

 all packed by Mr. Saul in clay ; came in very good condition. 



Forty-two apple and pear trees from B. Saunders, Island 

 of Jersey, came to hand May 1 0. and yet in fine condition ; 

 packed in moss and straw, and boxed. The only fault was 

 in putting moss among the branches, instead of confining it to 



