Editorial Miscellany. 245 



A Georn^ia horticulturist writes us, that he has a new seedling 

 strawberry, which he intends sending out the ensuing season, 

 that will create considerable sensation among the consuinnrs 

 of strawberries, au lait. He says it is a cross between Eoss's 

 Phoenix and a native of Alabama. 



" This new strawberry is of the hautboy order, immensely large, 

 flesh very firm, and of more exquisite flavor than Burr's new pine, 

 and with my culture is a continuous bearer. 1 believe it the 

 finest strawberry ever produced. * * * The plant is her- 

 maphrodite in its character, fruit stalks very tall and erect, with 

 fruit stems from three to five inches in length, being highly orna- 

 mental as well as delicious. As soon as the fruit ripens I 

 will send you some, per express, and, although you may not get 

 it in its freshness, you will be enabled to judge something of its 

 quality." 



In the letter containing the extract as above, Ave received a 

 blossom of the plant. Although but a skeleton of what it had 

 been, it abundantly verified the statement of extraordinary size, 

 being much the largest strawberry blossom we have ever seen. 

 We intend, at an early day, to give a representation of the berry 

 and foliage, also an accurate description of the plant. We for- 

 bear doing so until we shall have realized our correspondent's 

 promise of specimens, when we shall take pleasure in informing 

 our readers of every particular. 



Mr. Wm. R. Prince, of Flushing, Long Island, informs us that 

 he has left some twenty hills of the Chinese yam in the ground 

 entirely unprotected, it being his determination to thoroughly 

 test its hardiness and fitness for extensive cultivation. Mr. 

 Prince's plantation of the yam was much the most extensive of 

 any in this country the past season. Those who wish to procure 

 tubers can, doubtless, be accommodated. 



PixKS — Wilmer's Laura. — It is the character of some florists' 

 flowers to disappear almost before the raiser or the trade have 

 done extolling their merits ; while others, and that but a small 

 portion, get a world wide notoriety, increasing in votaries and ad- 

 mirers, and becoming familiar acquaintances. Such flowers are 

 sure to possess qualities adapting them for the masses, requiring 



