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were fit to pick the 23d of June, about 60 days ; it will be recollected, 

 however, that severe frosts occurred, and great quantities of rain fell ; 

 another lot put into the ground on the 23d of May, were fit to gather on 

 the 6th of July, jusi forty-four days. It is also an abundant bearer and a 

 large pea. Having tested the comparative earliness of all the sorts of 

 peas usually cultivated, we intend to give our readers an article on the 

 subject in our August or September number. — Ed. 



Tecoma psminoldex. — This exquisite climbing plant, which has flow- 

 ered only once or twice in the country, is now blooming in great elegance 

 at our new consei'vatory in Cambridge ; about a dozen racemes of flowers 

 will expand in the course of the month, each numbering from 12 to 20 

 blossoms. It is a valuable acquisition. — Id. 



Achimenes lon^iflbra has flowered in two or three collections of plants 

 in Cincinnati, We observe, at a late exhibition, that it was exhibited in 

 great beauty by Mr. Jackson, and deservedly attracted attention. We are 

 not aware that it has yet flowered in any of the Atlantic cities, unless, 

 perhaps, with Mr. Buist, of Philadelphia. Plants of it are in the Public 

 Garden, in Boston, but they have not yet flowered. — Id. 



Fiichs'ia Venus Victrix. — This new and elegant variety of the fuchsia 

 was exhibited at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, by Mr. Quant, 

 gardener to Col. Perkins. We also saw it in flower at the Public Garden, 

 and in the conservatory of Mr. Gushing. It is a pleasing variety, and 

 forms an agreeable contrast with the dark colored kinds. The sepals or 

 outer leaves are white, and the petals violet. The growth of the plant 

 appears rather slender, but by proper cultivation it may be grown to a 

 good size. Mr. Quant also exhibited fine plants of conspicua arborea, 

 tricolor and elegans. — Id. 



Brachycome iberidifblia. — This elegant new annual is now blooming 

 beautifully at our conservatory. The plants are about eighteen inches 

 high, and are covered with hundreds of its pretty flowers, varying in color 

 from pale to deep blue. We find the plant rather delicate in its manage- 

 ment ; like the Schizanthus, it is apt to damp off at the root. It will 

 undoubtedly succeed better to flower in pots in the greenhouse in winter, 

 than during the summer. In the open ground, however, in a dry situa- 

 tion, it would flourish well. It likes a soil composed of heath mould and 

 sand, with the pots well drained, and the plants should be very carefully 

 watered. From July to the middle of August is the best time for sowing 

 the seeds to raise plants for flowering in the gieenhouse in the winter. — 

 Ed. 



Hoveifs Seedling Strawberry. — We observe by the reports of the exhi- 

 bitions of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, which appear in the Cin- 

 cinnati daily papers, that Messrs. Jackson and Mottier exhibited superior 

 specimens of our seedling strawberry, each competing for the Society's 

 premium. Some of the berries measured four inches in circumference ; 

 considering it is only three years, the coming August, since the plants 

 were first sold out, the Cincinnati cultivators must have taken particu- 

 lar pains to obtain so fine fruit. When under good cultivation many of 

 the hemes attain the size of 5 or 6 inches in circumference. — Ed. 



