448 On the Cultivation of Prairie Roses. 



Three kinds, in particular, appear to be worthy of notice. 

 One — the American White Winter Calville — was described 

 by me about three years ago in a communication to William 

 Kenrick, and scions sent him. It is very similar to the Qate, 

 but larger, and keeps longer. Another — the Crimson Nonpa- 

 reil — I will take advantage of our next fruit season more par- 

 ticularly to examine and describe. This year you know we 

 have no fruit in this region. A third — Belle de Witt — large, 

 beautiful, high flavored, winter, and, so far as I can yet judge, 

 first rate. Of this last, I obtained scions, for the first time, 

 about a year ago, and will send you, with others, if you de- 

 sire it. The original tree is in this county, and I will visit 

 it again the first fruit season. Many others, scarcely less 

 prominent, might be mentioned, did the limits of this commu- 

 nication allow. 



Coshocton, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1845. 



We shall be glad to receive the descriptions of seedling ap- 

 ples mentioned by our correspondent, the next fruit season, 

 and we shall also be pleased to receive scions the coming spring, 

 of any varieties which he may deem worthy of cultivation, 

 particularly the true Waxen, Gate, American White Winter 

 Calville, Crimson Nonpareil, and Belle de Witt. — Ed. 



Art. III. On the Cultivation of Prairie Roses. By Charles 

 Robinson, Esq., New Haven, Conn. 



All details of experiments carefully made, are instructive ; 

 and they are interesting in proportion to their successful re- 

 sults. Few persons, comparatively, are aware of the great 

 beauty of the hybrid Michigan roses, or of the facility of their 

 cultivation. They delight in an eastern exposure, on a light, 

 rich, well-worked soil, with an abundance of the most nu- 

 tritious diet. I cannot better recommend their culture than 

 by giving you the results of an experiment of my own, with 

 a single plant of the " Queen of the Prairies." 



Early in the spring of 1844, I purchased at auction a slight 

 sprig of that variety, potted and in bloom. As, however, 



