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recommend it as one of the most valuable sweet apples we 

 are acquainted with. We trust Mr. Ernst will favor the 

 society with a few scions, provided he should have some to 

 spare, which may be distributed among the members, as 

 the introduction of this fruit into the vicinity of Boston is 

 highly desirable. In our climate it may not sustain the 

 high character which it obtains in the west, as the late 

 Mr. Manning suggested in regard to all western fruits 

 when transferred to our New England soil; but we are of 

 the opinion of Mr. Ernst, expressed in his communication 

 at page 24, tliat, though such an inference may be drawn, 

 yet a fair trial should be made before judgment is pro- 

 nounced. — Ed. 



Art. IV. Floriciiltural and Botanical Notices of New 

 Plants, figured in foreign yeriodicals ; tvitJi Remarks on 

 those recently introduced to, or originated in, American 

 gardens, and additional information iqwn plants already 

 in cultivation. 



Edivards's Botanical Register, QX Ornamental Flower Gar- 

 den and Shrubbery. Each number containing from six to 

 eight plates, with additional miscellaneous information, 

 relative to new Plants. In monthly numbers ; 3.s. plain, 

 35. 6f/. colored. 



Paxton^s Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering 

 Plants. Each number containing four colored plates. 

 Monthly, 2^. 6c/. each. Edited by J. Paxton, gardener to 

 the Duke of Devonshire. 



The Gardener'' s Chronicle, a stamped newspaper of Rural 

 Economy and General News. Edited by Prof Lindley. 

 Weekly. Price Cc/. each. 



Botanical and Florindtural Intelligence. Rare Plants 

 of North Carolina. — In the last number of Silliman's Jour- 

 nal for January, 1843, we find an article by M. A. Curtis, 

 giving an account of some new and rare plants of North 

 Carolina. The following are the names of the plants : — 



iJypericum Buckle/^ Curtis — grows 8 to 12 inches high; 



