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while being as prolific and tender-fleshed as its parent, it is 

 much hardier in constitution. 



Early Amber Heart. This is another of Mr Rivers's seed- 

 lings, raised some years ago, and is an excellent fruit and very 

 early. 



With the exception of Mr Knight's seedlings above men- 

 tioned, these appear to be the only Cherries raised in this coun- 

 try within the last thirty or forty years, most of the new kinds 

 having been imported from Continental nurseries. For a de- 

 tailed report on Mr Knight's seedlings and other Cherries in 

 all, fifty-seven varieties see 'Trans. Hort. Soc.,' 1835, P- 2 4 8 - 



Amelanchier. A genus of hardy ornamental North Ameri- 

 can and European trees, represented in our gardens by A. vul- 

 garis and one or two others. The last-named species forms a 

 low slender-branched tree, and bears a profusion of snow-white 

 flowers in April. Propagated by layering or by grafting on the 

 Quince, Hawthorn, or Pear as a stock. A. vulgaris is well 

 worth a trial as a Pear stock, especially for delicate seedling 

 varieties. 



Cotoneaster. A small group of low deciduous or evergreen 

 trees or trailing shrubs, natives of Europe and the mountains 

 of north India. There are ten or twelve species, those best 

 known in our gardens being C. microphylla, C. frigida, C. 

 Simonsii, and C. buocifolia. They are principally valuable for 

 their bright red fruits, which, being borne very profusely, ren- 

 der these shrubs very ornamental among other evergreens 

 during the winter months. They are all readily propagated 

 either by layering in the autumn or from seeds, which are freely 

 produced, and germinate as readily as haws. Some nurserymen 

 bury the berries in sand all the winter, and sow them in shallow 

 trenches in the spring, just like Holly-berries or other fleshy 

 fruits. It does not appear to be generally known that these 

 plants grow luxuriantly when grafted on the common Hawthorn 

 as a stock ; or if dwarf bushes or plants for covering walls are 

 desired, then graft close to the ground on the Quince stock. 

 C. Simonsii forms a very handsome standard on the Cratagits 

 stock ; and worked low on the Quince it forms dwarf bushy 

 little specimens, which, grown in pots, are very handsome for 

 conservatory decoration. 



Cratsegus {Hawthorns). A genus of highly ornamental 

 flowering-trees, represented in Britain by several forms of the 

 common Hawthorn, which, apart from its beauty in the spring, 

 forms one of our most useful hedge plants. Many other hand- 

 some Thorns are natives of Europe, North America, and other 

 temperate countries; and some of these form very beautiful 



