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AMERICAN HUME UAKDEX. 



8. m'atoy's SUPERIOB. 



Very large ; irregular and variable ; 

 mostly roundish sub-conical. Tender, 

 juicy, rich, and high flavored. Color 

 dark crimson. Ripens at medium sea- 

 son or rather later. 



This rather uncouth fruit originated 

 in Cincinnatti about ten years ago, and 

 is the largest of the numerous new va- 

 ) rieties Avhich the West has fm-nished. 

 It has a somewhat coarse and open core, 

 though othenvise excellent in quality, 

 but is too tender to bear transportation 

 to a distant market. 



To this class may be added ilonroe Scarlet, IMoyamensing 

 Pine, Burr's Hudson (Rival), and Jenny's Seedling. 



All the foregoing varieties of the second class are partially 

 fruitful alone, but none of them crop fully except in combina- 

 tion with fertilizers. 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Flowers, Shrubs, &c., of rarious Classes. — Propagation of Flowers, iS:c., by 

 Cuttings, Layers, Budding, and Grafting. — Soils and Comijosts for Flow- 

 ers. — Select Lists of Flowers of rarious Classes. — Treatment of Plants in 

 House and Green-house, Heating Apparatus, &c. — Select Lists of hardy 

 Shrubs, Roses, Climbing Shrubs, Evergreens, Shade-trees, &c., with Di- 

 rections for their Propagation and Culture. 



FLOWERS, SHRUBS, ORNAMENTAL TREES, &c. 

 The variety of flowers, shrubs, &c., is so very large and so 

 constantly increasing that only the most limited selection from 

 each class cm bo given, and of these the prettiest and most 

 easily cultivated kinds, not likely to disappoint any reasona- 

 ble expectation, have been preferred for the subjoined lists, 

 none being excluded because they are old, nor inserted merely 

 because they are new. 



