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stantly practised, though it must be confessed it would be 

 a tedious method in a large orchard of this fruit ; but in 

 small gardens it is easily done. Until some more expedi- 

 tious plan is devised, we would urge the necessity of adopt- 

 ing this plan. 



Of the new fruits which are attracting attention, we may 

 name the Dunmore, Knight's Monarch, Suffolk Thorn, 

 Van Mons' Leon Le Clerc, Dundas and Boucquia pears ; 

 Myatt's British Queen and Prince Albert, and Barratt's 

 Emperor strawberries, are highly recommended. The 

 prairie strawberry, mentioned by our correspondent, Mr. 

 Longworth, at p. 405 of the last volume, is worthy of the 

 attention of cultivators of the strawberry. By judicious 

 impregnation with the large kinds, now generally grown, 

 still larger and superior sorts may be obtained. Other new 

 or recently introduced fruits, some of which are of native 

 origin, will be found noticed at pages 161 and 249 of the 

 eighth volume. 



"Under this head it was our intention to revert to the sub- 

 ject of manures, which has been agitating the public mind 

 to much extent in England ; a great number of artificial 

 manures have been manufactured, but of their relative 

 merits, with the exception of guano, compared with stable 

 manure and compost, we are not yet sufficiently informed 

 to offer any definite and conclusive opinions. In the pres- 

 ent volume we shall take the opportunity to say more upon 

 this subject, and offer the substance of what has been pub- 

 lished in the English magazines. 



In the vegetable department, we have only room to refer 

 to the reports of the various horticultural exhibitions for 

 1842, as given in our December number. 



Floriculture. 

 A few years since the principal plants sought after, by 

 the amateur florist, were the camellia, the Cacti, the rho- 

 dendron, and the pelargonium ; but these now seem to be 

 somewhat neglected, and the taste of cultivators turned to 

 roses, fuschias, verbenas, azaleas, and some few other 

 tribes. The immense number of the varieties of these, 

 which have been produced from seed within a short period, 

 has given an entirely new feature to their claim upon our 

 care. The rose has always been a favorite and popular 

 flower ; but the new races which have sprung up by hy- 



