198 The Red Gillijlower and 



high, its shoots descend perpendicularly, and soon trail upon 

 the ground. 



The weeping cherry, and laburnum, we noticed in the last 

 volume, in our list of select shrubs, (XV., p. 152.) They 

 each form fine ornaments for lawns. 



Art. II. The Red Gillijlower and Cornish Gillijlower 

 Apples. By the Editor. 



" I notice, in the last number of the ' Magazine of Horti- 

 culture,' that the apple known through Western New York 

 as the Black Gillijlower, is described under the name of Red 

 Gillijlower, to which the synonyme, Scalloped Gillijlower, is 

 added, on the authority of the American Fruit Culturist. I 

 enclose two figures, drawn from exact impressions of these 

 two varieties, showing their points of distinction. A. J. 

 Downing, in his work on fruits, places these two varieties 

 together ; although both are considerably disseminated, and 

 are known to Charles Downing, of Ncwburgh, who men- 

 tioned to me, some years ago, that he regarded the Red Gil- 

 litiower as by far the best fruit of the two. There are so 

 many points of difference in them, that scarcely any resem- 

 blance is to be found. The outline of the Red Gilhflower 

 which I send, was taken from the finest specimen I could 

 obtain, and is not so flat as the majoiity." 



The above communication was received, some time since, 

 from Mr. J. J. Thomas, of New York, author of the Fruit 

 Culturist. In our February number, in our article descrip- 

 tive of select pears, we gave a full account of the Red Gilli- 

 flower, better, but improperly, known as the Black Gilliflower, 

 in some parts of New York ; and, as one of the synonymes, 

 we enumerated the Scalloped Gilliflower, on the authority of 

 Mr. Thomas, he having placed the latter as a synonyme of 

 the Red Gilliflower, as described by him ; and, supposing his 

 Red Gilliflower to be the same as ours, — for we knew of but 

 one, — without inquiring whether Mr. Thomas had made any 



