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vicinity of tin- French trees, and Mr. I)»- Caradenc 

 thinks that the variety under consideration is a 

 hybrid, but I am nnable to discover any evidence 

 of hybridity. Tin- original tree of the variety "out- 

 grew the parent," Mr. I>-' Caradenc writes me, "and 

 reached a diameter of head of fifteen feet, was 

 entirely free from thorns and suckers, and bore a 

 remarkably rich and beautiful foliage." Tin- variety 

 was named by I'. •'. Berckmans, the excellent pomol- 

 ' orgia, and he regards it as pure myro- 

 balan, a conclusion with which I am strongly inclined 

 to concur. Another indication that it may }>•• myro- 

 balan, is the fact thai J. W. Kerr, of Maryland, has 

 grown a purple-leaved plum tree from a seed of tin- 

 !>•• Caradenc, thus suggesting Prunus Pissardi, which 

 i- a purple form <»r' tin* Old World myrobalan. 



Tin- Marianna is, in several respects, intermediate 

 between Prunus cerasif era, as represented in De Cara- 

 deuc, and the native American plums, particularly in 

 the short-stemmed fruit, small, nearly sessile, and 

 clustered, later flowers, and erect, narrow calyx Lobes, 

 and spreading habit. It is, therefore, Little surprise 

 t<> learn that the originator considers it a seedling of 

 Wihl l [j originated as a Beedling in a mixed 



orchard at Marianna, I'<»lk county, Texas, the property 

 of Charles <;. Fit/.. So far as I can learn, the 



not hand-sown, and there is a chance for error 

 in the history. The variety was introduced in l v M. 

 by Charles N. EHey, Smith Point, Texas. 



The Hattie and some others are of this group, but 

 I have do! traced the histon of them. 



