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ih4 iard«ner's5 Jltonl|lg. 



for a complete list of Koses. Would such a list be 

 acceptable to the pages of your journal ? If so, please 

 request nurserymen and others having collections 

 to forward their Catalogues to 



Rose, care G. Monthly, 23 N. 6th St., Philada." 



[A descriptive list of all the best known Roses 

 would be too lengthy for our pages, — but we think 

 if such d list were prepared and offered for sale, in 

 pamphlet form, no Rose-grower but would cheer- 

 fully pay for it, and feel accommodated besides. 

 Our correspondent "M." is a very reliable gentle- 

 man, and we hope he will undertake it, and that 

 our Rose-growers will send him their lists as sug- 

 gested. We should know by this means what 

 Roses are really in our country.] 



Smart Weed. — Our good friend Thurber, in a 

 kind notice of the Gardener s Monthly, which he 

 characterizes as " so useful and excellent an {a?) 

 Horticultural journal," corrects an error of ours in 

 calling Polygomim persicaria "Smart Weed," 

 when it should be "Lady's Thumb." We sup- 

 posed, as Dr. Thurber does, that Polj^gonum hydro- 

 piper could not be meant, from its acridity, and 

 inserted "Polygonum persicaria" on our own re- 

 sponsibility, in our correspondent's communication. 

 We have since been informed that cattle are really 

 found of Polygonum hydropiper ; and to decide the 

 question, we should be obliged to Mr. Sinclair for 

 a specimen of his plant. 



Thuja japonic a of the Patent Office.— In 

 our last we stated that the specimen sent us by Mr. 

 Buist was Retinospora pih'fera, — but after we sent 

 the notice to press, we had reasons to doubt our 

 decision ; we therefore enclosed the specimen of 

 Mr. Buist to Dr. Gray, who writes : ' ' The speci- 

 men [sent is clearly the same as my specimens of 

 Retinospora ohtusa, of Japan CCupressus)." 



correctly. The Lawton freezes here badly in any 

 winter, unless protected." 



[A Fall-bearing Blackberry would be a great ac- 

 quisition to the fruit lists.] 



Fall-bearing Blackberry. — Mr. Mattison 

 says: "Some five or six years ago, one ot my 

 neighbors was in New Jersey, selling trees, and sell- 

 ing in the vicinity of where the Kittatinny Black- 

 berry originated, he procured some plants and 

 brought them home with him, and distributed them 

 to different persons, and they have now fine 

 patches. Conversing with one who has some 40 or 

 50 plants, the other day, he says that they are all 

 that could be desired. Some of the bushes bore up 

 to near autumn. They are perfectly hardy, having 

 past through our very severe winter of '66 unharm- 

 ed, which is one of its finest traits. It was brought 

 here under the name of Hoffman, if I remember 



Specimens from Texas. — Mr. Watson, of 

 Brenham, send us a box of fossils and specimens 

 of the woods of Texas, with the following kind note : 



" I send you to-day, express paid, a box of fossil 

 wood, found in our section, and specimens of living 

 wood, which I beg your acceptance of as a small 

 acknowledgment of the value of the information I 

 have derived from the Monthly.'" 



Our kind friend could not have sent us any thing 

 more [likely to be prized by the Editor, and we re- 

 turn our best thanks for them, and the spirit which 

 prompted the gift. It will be an additional incentive 

 to our endeavors to make our journal useful to all. 



Great Yield of Potatoes. — W. Saunders^ 

 of the U. S. Experimental Garden, writes: "From 

 1 bushel of the Harison Potato, I got 35 in return." 

 Can this be excelled. 



Native Country of the Delaware Grape. — 

 Our friend, W. R. Prince, does not wish it to go on 

 record that " no one now disputes the native origin 

 of the Delaware Grape. ' ' We think at any rate he 

 alone h^is that honor. 



Crassula lactea— p. B..—1 saw once a re- 

 commendation to include Crassula lactea in a coU 

 lection of Winter-blooming plants. I do not find it 

 in any catalogue. Is it rare ? Is it good for any 

 thing? Is it easy grown when got?" 



I Not at all rare, in every old collection, we be- 

 lieve. To the other questions we say yes, decidedly.] 



Propagating Angers Quince— P. S. W., 

 Middletown, Va. — Will you be so kind as to tell 

 me how to propagate the Angers stock, for dwarf 

 Pear purposes. 



[Cuttings taken off in October or November, and 

 planted in good rich soil, root readily. If there be 

 danger of thawing out in winter, cover with any 

 rough material.] 



Bulbs.— By E. S. Rand. Published by J. E. Til- 

 ton & Co., Boston. 

 Another of a series of beautiful and useful works 

 for which the publishers deserve the thanks of every 



