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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



diameter and an inch and a quarter in 

 length, without core, seeds very small, 

 and of an excellent and sprightly flavor. 

 It will be offered for sale next autumn, 

 and then our readers can pi'ocure the 

 plants and give it a trial in our climate. 

 We very much need a blackberry as 

 hardy as the Snyder, of lai'ge size, great 

 productiveness, without core, and of ex- 

 cellent flavor. Will Ave find it in this 

 new sort? 



A VERY DOUBLE BON SILENE. 



Perhaps some day there will be a rose 

 that will be fairly entitled to be called 

 perfect. As yet our best roses have 

 some imperfectioii, lack some quality 

 that some other rose has. Rosarians 

 are after a rose that shall combine in 

 itself every desirable quality. Bon 

 Silene was thought to be possessed of 

 many excellences, having all that could 

 be asked of a rose in beauty of bud, at- 

 tractiveness in color, deliciousness of 

 ])erfume, abundance of flowers ; but, 

 alas, it had one defect, the expanded 

 blossoms were worthless, nay unsightly, 

 especially when bedded out in the open 

 ground. We now learn from the 

 Gardener^ s Montlilij. for March that a 

 sport from Bon Silene appeared, over 

 a year ago, in the greenhouse of E. 

 Hippard, Youngstown, Ohio, which is 

 very double, in shape and thickness of 

 petals resemljling the Souvenir de Mal- 

 niaison, in color and beauty of bud the 

 old Bon Silene, and having a uniform 

 dark rose color to the centre when fully 

 expanded. When this rose is off"ered 

 for sale, shall we be told that we have 

 at last attained to a perfect rose 1 



THE BENNETT ROSE. 

 A correspondent of the Gardener's 

 Monthly states that he has been to see 

 this celebrated ]-ose, which is owned by 

 Mr. Evans, of Philadelphia, and reports 

 that it is a very strong grower, the 

 foliage large and bright, the color of 

 the flowers much like that of General 

 Jacqueminot, their size and shape like 

 a good Niphetos, their fragrance unsur- 

 passed by any Tea rose, and in beauty 

 far exceeding the beautiful La France. 



AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the last meeting of the Mississippi 

 Valley Horticultural Society it was 

 thought that the time had come for en- 

 larging the field of operations, and 

 taking a name indicative of the extent 

 of the field embraced and the cosmo- 

 politan character of the work to be 

 overtaken. The transactions of the 

 Society, now embracing two volumes, 

 have been commended to the notice of 

 our readers as they have appeared, as 

 containing exceedingly valuable and 

 practical papers, which could not fail to 

 profit every fruit-grower and liorticul- 

 turist. 



The forthcoming volume will beyond 

 doubt be full of practical information 

 and suggestion, the papers contributed 

 being from many of the most experi- 

 enced and eminent men of the United 

 States in their several departments. 

 This volume will also contain a " Busi- 

 ness Director}^," consisting of a two-line 

 advertisement, giving name and address 

 and specialty, intended to embrace the 

 leading fruit-growers, nurserymen, flor- 



