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were from twelve to fifteen feet high, and from eight and a half to 

 twelve inches in circumference. 



Eed Elm, ( Ulmus fulva) " I set a few small trees, which have 

 grown three years since that time. We generally think this tree 

 grows slowly, but these have done well. One of them the past year 

 made a growth with one of its best branches of eight and a haK feet." 



Silver Maples, (Acer dasyca/rpum.) " These beat all the above 

 in their rate of growth." Transplanted when one year old, these trees 

 when four years old were eighteen feet in height, and measured from 

 eleven to eleven and a half inches in circumference. 



The Professor adds: "I am growing young trees of the Beech, 

 European Larch, White Pine, White Oak, Rock Elm, American Elm, 

 and many other kinds of prominent trees. These are all yet quite 

 young." 



BRUNTON'S EARLY BLACKBERRY. 



We see by the August number of the Fruit Recorder that Mr. 

 Purdy has changed his opinion of this blackberry, and now speaks well 

 of its size and quality. His earlier impressions were made by fruit 

 borne upon young plants that had suffered considerably from the cold 

 of the previous winter, and he then spoke of it as small and unpromising. 

 ITow that he has fruited it upon well established plants, he says the 

 berries are from medium to large, very uniform in size, and most 

 delicious. It ripens very early, this season by the month of July, 

 about with the Mammoth Cluster Raspberry, and before the Dorchester 

 Blackberry, which has heretofore been the earliest sort, has begun to 

 turn red. The plants too are very prolific, being bent to the ground 

 with their load of fruit ; but they are no more hardy than the New 

 Rochelle or Lawton Blackberry. He found the berries sold readily at 

 fifteen cts. per quart when black raspberries are bringing only eight cts. 



A SWEET CRAB APPLE. 



We have received from the Eonthill Nurseries a specimen of a 

 sweet variety of Siberian Crab, cultivated under the name of " Orange 

 Crab." It is about the same size as the Hyslop Crab, of a rich 

 yellow color, and quite sweet. It may be a valuable addition to the 

 list of crab apples. 



