3o8 Notes and Gleanings. 



for the hardiest, but simply for the best and largest raspberry-. As to produc- 

 tiveness, they all produce about as many berries as you could by any possibility 

 stick on the bushes. — F. W. A., in Canada Farmer. 



Quebec, Aug. 6, i86S. 



M.A.TTHIOLA BicoRNis. — The history and origin of this plant are simple 

 enough. It is a Greek plant, and was introduced from Athens some few years 

 ago. As a fragrant vespertine plant, it is of some interest. I can hardly agree 

 that "it is beyond the praise lavished on it," which we thought excessive. 

 Seeds of this were received by us from Greece five or six years ago. After 

 growing the plant, and proving its great worth, we distributed seeds in the usual 

 way ; and the very large demand for it, both at home and abroad, has proved 

 how welcome a plant of such unusual sweetness has been. It may not be unin- 

 teresting to state that we have also grown for two or three years its congener, 

 M. tricuspidata, of which we have this season a beautiful display. Although 

 the fragrance of this is rather less powerful than that of M. bicornis, the plant 

 is not less pleasing, and is more valuable on account of ks not being simply a 

 night-blooming stock, the sweetness remaining throughout the day. The cause 

 of this may probably be owing to the stout, broad-petaled flowers remaining 

 fully expanded. These are in themselves very beautiful, and make a fine dis- 

 play in a bed or border. The color is lilac, or lilac-purple, with a white eye or 

 centre. The habit is free, but dense, with a vigorous growth. The plants flower 

 abundantly, and remain in perfection far into autumn. Both it and M. bicornis are 

 treated by us as hardy annuals. — Gardener'' s Chronicle. 



; Golden Champion Grape. — This in all respects extraordinary grape was 

 •raised by Mr. Thomson, gardener to his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, at Dal 

 keith Palace. " It was," Mr. Thomson states, "raised about five years ago 

 from a seed taken from a grape that was a cross between the Champion Ham- 

 burg and the Bowood Muscat." The bunches are large, of a sliglitly-tapering 

 form, and heavily shouldered. The stalk of the bunch is stout and fleshy ; that 

 of the berry, stout and warted. The berries are extra large, obovate or ovate, 

 slightly pointed, — in some instances, almost round ; the flesh is firm, yet remark- 

 ably juicy and tender ; the flavor rich, somewhat of the character of the best- 

 ripened Black Hamburgs. 



The plant is remarkably free and robust in growth, and very prolific ; requiring 

 exactly the same sort of treatment as the Black Hamburg. The leaves most 

 nearly resemble those of the Muscat : they are slightly lobed, and very deeply 

 and sharply serrated ; and the leaf-stalks have a reddish tinge. 



This is indeed a noble grape, and one which will take the highest rank among 

 white varieties. It supplies a desideratum which has long been felt; viz., the 

 possession of a white grape of easy culture like the Black Hamburg, which lat- 

 ter is, /ar ^.ird^/Av/^d', the very best-constitutioned grape in cultivation, the gar- 

 dener's sure and trusty friend. The berries of this new acquisition are of the 

 very largest size, resembling in that respect huge Canon-hall Muscats ; while 

 the bunches are as large as those of the best variety of Hamburg, the Victoria, 

 or Frankenthal. — Gardener' s Magazine. 



