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EECOKD OF HOETICULTUEE. 



JSTewniaii's Thornless. — Less thorns than some others, 

 but far from thornless / should be discarded. 



'Wilsooi's Early. — Those who have had this variety in 

 full bearing the past season must have been agreeably 

 disappointed in the large size as well as the quantity of 

 fruit. The engravings which have aj^peared in the 

 papers, previous to 1867, of the Wilson, were far below 

 the average size of the fruit the past season. The New 

 Rochelle is a large berry, but the Wilson excels it in size. 

 But one merit remains to be determined, and that is 

 hardiness, in the more Northern States. If it should prove 

 to be as hardy as the Kittatinny, then its reputation will 

 be all that its most ardent admirers can wish. Fig. 10 is 

 an exact representation of a cluster of the Wilson, 

 gathered from a two-year-old plant the past season. 



RASPBERKTES. 



Arnold''s Hyhrids. — These are new varieties, i)roduced 

 by Mr. Charles Arnold, who has been so successful in 

 liybridizing grapes. We have taken more interest in Mr. 

 Arnold's new raspberries than in the grapes, because they 

 are the first real hybrids which we" have ever met, that is, 

 the first produced by the direct personal efforts of any 

 American horticulturist. 



Mr. Thomas Rivers is said to have hybridized rasp- 

 berries many years ago, but we think none of them ever 

 reached this country. 



Mr. Arnold has not as yet named any of his new rasp- 

 berries, as he intends to fully test them before offering 

 them to the public. 



