SEPTEMBER. 419 



Mr. C. a. Peabody, — bear Sir — The Strawberries came to 

 hand on the afternoon of Tnesday, sound, and in very good 

 condition, retaining an unusually strong strawberry aroma. 

 The berries have loiltcd down only a very little up to this time, 

 Friday morning, May 16th. Yours, trul)'', J. M. Thorburn 

 & Co. New York, May I6ih, 1856. 



Thus, it will be seen, that after a journey of over eleven 

 hundred miles, by carriage, railroad, and steamer, the fruit 

 was perfectly sound, just one week after it was picked from 

 the vines. Connoiseurs pronounce this new Hautbois supe- 

 rior to Burr's New Pine in flavor ; for its size and general 

 appearance, I refer your readers to the engraving. 



I have had no little experience in strawberry culture, hav- 

 ing devoted the last fifteen years of my life almost exclusively 

 to that one object. And I say, that when we take into con- 

 sideration hardiness, size, vigor, productiveness, beauty and 

 keeping qualities, this is the most remarkable strawberry 

 ever introduced. 



THE HICKORIES 



BY AVILSON FLAGG. 



The hickories are peculiarly an American genus of trees, 

 being very generally distributed throughout this continent, 

 and found in no other part of the world. Though allied to 

 the walnuts, they are distinguished from them, in their 

 foliage, by having on an average only about half the num- 

 ber of leaflets ; in their fruit, by a husk that opens in five 

 seams, while in the walruit it is undivided ; and in their 

 general appearance, by rising to a greater height, with less 

 length and spread of their lateral branches. In their ramifi- 

 cation and spray, they bear some resemblance to the white 

 oak, their larger branches being considerably contorted, and 

 their terminal branches irregular and obtusely angular. A 

 large proportion of the hickories send up a single shaft like 



