26o Delphinium Nudhaule. 



' sufficient number to satisfy the wants of the great number of cultivators. 

 We will, however, mention Elton, Coe's Transparent, Bigarreau oi 

 Yellow Spanish, Champagne, Robert's Red Heart, Werder's Earlj 

 Black, Belle dc Choisy, Belle Magnifique, and Mayduke, as cherries of 

 much merit and possessing excellent characteristics. 



[We know that our readers will be interested in Mr. Wilder's excel- 

 lent article, for it is Lhe best, indeed the only, descriptive list of cherries W4 

 have ever given, as we have not had, since the Journal was commenced, 

 so good a cherry year. Besides the kinds described by Mr. Wilder, 

 there are a few that we wish to mention, first of which is the I^lore7tce^ 

 which w^ esteem one of the best of all. It is sufficiently firm to bt 

 classed among the bigarreaus, though not so firm as, like the Napoleon 

 Bigarreau, to lay hard on one's stomach, nor even so firm as the Bigai- 

 reau or Yellow Spanish, which it much resembles, though a little later 

 and superior in quality. Early Purple Guigne^ the earliest of all, and 

 of fine size and quality, has proved with us so tender in the buds that it 

 cannot be relied on for a crop. Among the hardiest kinds, which can 

 be cultivated even on the rich soils of the West, is the Morcllo^ or 

 English Alorello, which, though quite acid when not fully ripe, then 

 acquires a rich, vinous flavor, and is as valuable for dessert as it is before 

 for cooking. It is one of the latest kinds, and in England is prized 

 for cultivation on north walls, so as to prolong the season. Buttner's 

 Black Heart is a large cherry, with firm flesh, dark red, and, though 

 not of the best quality, valuable as a late kind. Royal Duke is one of 

 the richest-flavored cherries we have ever tasted, far excelling the 

 Mayduke. — Ed.] 



DELPHINIUM NUDICAULE. 



By Louis Guerineau, Cambridge, Mass. 



The Larkspurs hitherto cultivated in our gardens have been in color 

 confined to the different shades of blue, purple, or white, but in the 

 species now under notice we have a flower with sepals of orange red, 

 the petals being yellow, and which is not only valuable in itself, but will 

 doubtless afford the means for the production of varieties of new and 

 beautiful colors. For the specimen from which our illustration is made 

 we are indebted to Mr. Guerineau, the skilful gardener of the Botanic 



