94 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



THE KIRTLAND RASPBERRY. 



Wm. Lawton, of New Rochelle, distributed a large lot of the 

 Kirtland raspberry, which originated in Ohio, and which is spo- 

 ken of as quite hardy. These plants appeared sound, and Mr. L. 

 stated that they stood out all winter in an exposed situation. 

 The fruit ripened in June, and continued to yield for three weeks. 



cook's fruit basket. 



Mr. Fuller stated that the only objection that he had heard 

 spoken of was, that the round shape of the basket prevented such 

 close packing as could be got with the square boxes, but there 

 was another objection which might be urged against them by 

 some gardeners, and that is, that they are calculated to give 

 honest measure. The baskets are made of exact measure, quarts 

 and pints, and sold at $30 and $35 a thousand. 



flowering PLANTS IN ANCIENT TIMES. 



Andrew S. Fuller, made the following interesting statement in 

 regard to flowers in olden times. He said every season the cata- 

 logue of our most enterprising floriculturists abound with spe- 

 cialties just introduced to the public, and the flower-loving 

 world are beginning to believe that the present is as far supe- 

 rior to the past in the product of the flower-garden as it is sup- 

 posed to be in the arts and sciences. We are, in truth, becoming 

 acquainted with new plants and new varieties every year, as our 

 explorers penetrate unknown regions ; and as Yankee enter- 

 prise secures commercial relations with countries heretofore 

 exclusive, such as China and Japan, we are receiving and shall 

 continue to receive from the rich floral stores of those countries 

 plants now unknown among us. We are too apt, however, to 

 place too much importance on new things, to the neglect of 

 others, -until they are so long neglected as to be almost forgotten, 

 when somebody takes them up and heralds them as wonders. In 

 an old book called the " Complete Florist," written by John Rea, 

 in 1676, almost two hundred years ago, we find notices of many 

 things that are to-day quite fashionable. We will not weary the 

 Club by an extended recital of the list, but merely mention a 

 few. Among the peonies we find Alba Peno, double white ; 

 Vulgaris, common double red ; double striped ; carnation. In the 

 recent lists we find no double striped or variegated, and no white 

 or carnation, whose description excels that given by Rea, although 



