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Cratce^gus Oxyacantha var. Wychnor (origin of the name unknown) is a 

 puny-growing sort, but very distinct. 



C. Ox. heterophylla (where or when originated not known). A very beau- 

 tiful variety, and a free grower. 



Hilki europcB^a ivhitleiensis, the Whitley Hall (near Wakefield) variety of 

 the common lime. This variety is much more graceful in its growth than the 

 species ; the branches stand out more horizontally. They are partly pendu- 

 lous, and the internodes longer. 1 think it the most ornamental of all the 

 tilias, most of which, when young, are dense and lumpish in their growth ; 

 but this variety is not. 



I have found a very fine gold-blotched Ontario poplar, which, if the varie- 

 gation is permanent, will, I think, be a very ornamental object. 



Fuchsias. Many new hybrids of great merit. 



Mays new large late Red Victoria Currant. Berries very large, sometimes 

 measuring upwards of l|in. in circumference ; bunches many of them 6 in. 

 in length ; the fruit of a beautiful scarlet, and the flavour excellent. Its 

 foliage differs much from that of the ordinary red currant, being thicker, and 

 not so much cut or pointed, and it hangs later on the plant in autumn, thus 

 affording protection for the fruit to a later period without being matted or 

 covered up. 



Fuller's new hybrid Winter Radish. This is a great improvement on the 

 old black Spanish radish, being a hybrid between that variety and the long 

 scarlet, producing roots varying in colour from white and pink to black or 

 purple : it is not so large as the black Spanish, consequently much finer in 

 quality, and, for winter use, is a most desirable acquisition. It is perfectly 

 hardy, so much so, that the person who raised it says he very frequently has 

 the snow to brush off the ground to gather it, when it is at all times found 

 perfectly sound and good. The best time for sowing it is from the first to the 

 third week in August. 



The Lapstone Potato. This is a seedling variety of " second early" 

 kidney potato, raised between the early ash-top kidney and the Scotch red- 

 nosed kidney; both much valued for their superior qualities. It was raised 

 by a shoemaker in this neighbourhood, from seed, and hence the name Lap- 

 stone. It succeeds the early ash-top kidney, and is very productive, of very 

 dwarf habit, of a good size and handsome oblong form, and of first-rate 

 quality either for early or late use. It is the only really "second early" 

 kidney I am acquainted with. It is not yet in circulation, but probably may 

 be sent out towards spring in small parcels, of which due notice will be given 

 through the usual medium. — W. M. [A few of these potatoes were sent to 

 us ; we found them full-eyed, very mealy, boiling soft, and of an excellent 

 flavour. We think them a most valuable kind of potato.] 



May's Victoria Swedish Tumi]} [of which we received very fine specimens] 

 I consider as near perfection in shape and quality as it is possible to attain. 

 I have been working with this Swedish turnip many years, and I consider I 

 have attained the object I had in view, by producing a Swedish turnip perfectly 

 globular, with small root and small top ; and one which is not subject to run 

 in the neck in the autumn, which is invariably the case with all other Swedish 

 turnips that I know. The original stock from which this was raised was 

 direct from Sweden, and was given me as being something extra. I sowed it 

 in July, and produced fine turnips by November the same year ; a very 

 unusual thing: and I thought there was something peculiar in their form. I 

 had then the whole, about fifty, planted for seed, and sowed the produce of 

 the whole next season, and had a splendid crop ; but I was surprised at 

 finding a great diversity of colour and, form in them, still all of them good 

 specimens. They were visited by many leading agriculturists, and considered 

 superior to any Swedish turnip then in cultivation. I saved the whole of 

 these, selecting perhaps a dozen of the very best. The bulk of the seed was 

 sold to good advantage, and is now known as May's Victoria ; it is in great 

 repute. The selected few I kept, and have been working with them two or 



