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by Mr. Bnist, of Philadelphia. The Deptford Pine and 

 Princess Alice Maud, two English varieties, have fruited the 

 past season, and promise to be valuable acquisitions. These 

 and other new fruits will be noticed more at length in our 

 Pomological articles, in succeeding numbers. 



Floriculture. 



Floriculture has made rapid progress the past year. A 

 reference to the reports of our Horticultural Societies, will 

 show the great number of new and fine plants which have 

 been introduced and disseminated by cultivators. The fa- 

 cilities of a rapid communication with Europe are yearly 

 more apparent, in the speedy introduction of plants which 

 formerly were not to be found in our collections, till long after 

 their introduction to England. The production of seedling 

 plants of all kinds is yearly increasing, and our cultivators 

 are producing results even greater than their anticipations. 

 As one of these improvements, we may note the Japan lilies, 

 flowering bulbs of which have been grown in the space of 

 three or four years, and some varieties produced nearly equal 

 to L. lancifolium rubrum. The seeds readily come up, and 

 we are now anxious to see some hybrids between our native 

 hardy kinds — not that we think the beauty of the former 

 will be attained, but that a hardy character may be given to 

 it, even if its splendor is somewhat marred by the union ; 

 hoAvever, there is no predicting what may be the ultimate 

 results. 



We noticed, last year, the importation of many kinds of 

 Fuchsias ; and we think the number enumerated in the index 

 of plants, in Vol. XI. is upwards of forty, besides many more 

 rare which have not yet been mentioned. Many cultivators 

 are fearful that fuchsias cannot be well grown in our cli- 

 mate, awing to the hot summer ; but this is not correct ; 

 much experience has convinced us that, with a little care, 

 most superb specimens may be kept in bloom from June till 

 October. There is a choice in regard to the varieties, and 

 proper attention must be given to the plants at all times ; they 

 will then be brilliant the whole of the summer. 



An increasing demand for Camellias has taken place the 



