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Variety in Flower- Gardens. 



very generally cultivated, and few have had an opportunity 

 to see the fruit. It proves, however, a very fine variety, ex- 

 ceedingly handsome, with a clear transparent skin, distinctly 

 mottled on the sunny side. 



The tree is a moderate grower, and forms 

 a somewhat spreading head ; annual growth 

 stout. 



Size, medium, three quarters of an inch 

 long, and nearly seven-eighths of an inch 

 in diameter: Form, round, little like the 

 Downer in shape, very regular, with scarcely 

 a perceptible suture, and a slight depression 

 at the apex : Skin, clear pale amber, over- 

 spread with a beautiful cornelian red, of a 

 clear shining waxy appearance, beautifully 

 mottled with yellow on the sunny side : 

 Stem, rather short, not quite one and a half 

 inches long, slender, and set in a small, little 

 depressed cavity : Flesh, clear pale amber, very 

 tender, melting, sprightly, rich and sweet, separating freely 

 from the stone : Stone, small, round. Ripe the middle to 

 the end of June. 



Coe's 

 Transparent. 



Art. V. Variety in Flower Gardens. 



of Botany. 



From the Magazine 



The following excellent article expresses, in the main, our 

 views in relation to planting flower gardens. We are as great 

 admirers of groups and masses of individual flowers as any 

 lover of a garden can well be ; but yet we believe we can 

 appreciate the importance of propriety and fitness in planting 

 a flower garden, as well as in laying it out, or adapting it to 

 the style or character of the house. 



The truth is that the grouping mode of planting is only 

 adapted to particular places, and in nine instances out of ten, 

 variety should be sought rather than gaudy display. Nothing 



