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which may be cut away the following season ; or if the graft is not 

 thought strong enough, it may be cut down and allowed another year's 

 growth, whilst the original stem may be retained. I have treated several 

 vines so, and it appears to have the effect of hastening or retarding the 

 ripening of the same grape, accordingly as the stock may be of a late or 

 early kind. I had two vines, the names of which I do not know ; one 

 was a very late grape, with bunches and berries shaped like a Black Por- 

 tugal, but of a grizzly color ; the other, which is called Sicilian, was a 

 round early white grape, about the size of a Dutch Sweetwater, and hol- 

 lowed at the end like an orange, very sweet, but having a disagreeable 

 thick skin. These I inarched from a neighboring Black Hamburgh ; the 

 fruit from the early ste^n ripened first, and the leaves dropped oft' some 

 time ago ; whereas on the late stem the leaves are still green : their 

 parent is in an intermediate state. — {Gard. Chron. 1843, p. 37.) 



Art. II. Foreign JVotices. 

 ENGLAND. 



Prize Dahlias for 1842. — The Gai'd. Chronicle, at the request of some 

 of its readers, gives a list of dahlias which were most successful in gain- 

 ing prizes during the last season. The following are the names of the 

 varieties : — 



Such a table would seem to convey an exact value of the several varie- 

 ties as show flowers ; but this is not the case. Take for instance Wid- 



