250 Ploricultural and Botanical Notices 



rior collection amongst our gardeners, eqnal to any in the 

 country. The fleece of gold, or as the French call it. Chro- 

 matelle^ which is talked so much of in Europe, is now in our 

 nurseries for sale. Peter M'Kenzie has a large stock of ve- 

 ry fine'plants. I have never seen its flower ; of course can 

 say nothing about it. Robert Kilvington has raised a seed- 

 ling tea, and it is certainly one of the largest roses that has 

 been produced here or any where else ; the bud before ex- 

 panded I saw measured in the society's room, and it was 

 3 inches in length ; it opens freely and is very double, par- 

 taking of the character of the Princess Maria, but very dif- 

 ferent in the foliage : he has named it after our great States- 

 man and candidate for President, Henry Clay. It receiv- 

 ed the Society's premium for the best ever blooming seed- 

 ling. 



At our last meeting on the 21st. John Sherwood took the 

 first and second premium for ever blooming roses, there 

 being no competition ; they were very fine, and of choice 

 kinds; the whole of his show of roses was very good. 

 Yours^ an Amodeur, Philadelphia^ May, 1844. 



Neu'' Tree Pceonies. — At a late exhibition of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, the President exhibited sev- 

 eral new varieties of shrubby poBonies, two or three of 

 which are desirable acquisitions to this splendid hardy tribe. 

 P var. Due de Bade and Heldii plenissima were the two 

 finest; the former similar to the Banks/rz?. but more double, 

 larger and of rather a paler tint ; the latter is a fine full 

 flower, quite dark at the base of the petals. 



Nevj Double White Floicering Peach. — We had the 

 pleasure of seeing, a few Aveeks ago, a new double variety 

 of the peach, with pure snow white flowers: the tree was 

 a seedling in the garden of Madam Bigelow, of Medford, 

 and the branch was given to us by Col. Bigelow, who ex- 

 hibited a specimen at the room of the Mass. Hort. Soc. It 

 is one of the most ornamental objects we have seen ; sur- 

 passing in the snowy whiteness of its flowers, their uncom- 

 mon profusion, and large size, even the double flowering 

 cherry ; it is a most desirable counterpart to the old double 

 flowering variety, with its pink blossoms, and the two 

 planted in near proximity would form magnificent objects 

 in May, when few other trees or shrubs are in bloom. The 

 tree sprung from seed about 10 years ago, and first flower- 



