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a great number of kinds, but we doubt the propriety of culti- 

 vating twenty or thirty sorts, when the merits of the whole 

 are embraced in two or three ; strawberries are raised with 

 the greatest facility from seeds, and if every seedling produced 

 is to be named, our catalogues would soon be filled to an ex- 

 tent exceeding even the immense varieties of pears. Dr. 

 Brinkle, of Philadelphia, has raised 254 kinds, of which he 

 has named and described upwards of forty ! The London 

 Horticultural Society have retained only thirty-one kinds out 

 of one hundred and twenty-one, and we believe that this num- 

 ber might be judiciously reduced to ten in England, and to 

 five in our climate ; and we believe the time has arrived when 

 our cultivators should discard all seedlings which do not pos- 

 sess some 'particular merit over old kinds. Our remarks are 

 not intended to apply to the collection of Messrs. Prince alone, 

 but to all cultivators who seem to think that a strawberry, 

 because a seedling, should have a name and reputation. 



In the spring of 1834, we raised one thousand seedlings. 

 These all fruited in the summer of 1S3G, and at that time we 

 looked over the bed and selected more than foi'ty varieties 

 which were superior to the kinds then generally cultivated ; 

 but of this great number we thought it quite useless to save 

 only four or five, which were particularly remarkable, and 

 after cultivating these some time, to test their qualities, we 

 reserved but two, viz : Hovey's Seedling, and the Boston Pine. 

 It would only have made confusion to have named about forty 

 kinds, all of them inferior to these. 



LinncBan Garden of Messrs. Winter ^' Co. — This estab- 

 lishment contains a portion of the old nursery of Messrs. 

 Prince & Co. The old greenhouses yet remain, but they have 

 been refitted, and put into a good condition for the plants. 

 As we did not find Mr. Winter at home, and the hour of de- 

 parture for the boat at hand, we regretted that it was impossi- 

 ble for us to look through the premises. Messrs. Winter have 

 made great exertions to extend the collection of fruit trees, and 

 have procured from Mr. Manning, and other good sources, the 

 newest and best varieties of fruits. The stock of ornamental 

 trees embraces a good variety, and of large specimens. The 

 grounds appeared clean and well kept. 



