or 



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served vines of the lona, in many localities along 

 the lake shore the past two seasons, and had seen 

 no mildew or other signs of disease to speak of, nor 

 did he believe the variety lacked hardiness, though 

 he had, in common with others, lost some vines by 

 the past winter, when the thermometer was 15° be- 

 low zero, with the ground bare of snow and the 

 roots too near the surface in porous soil, so that 

 even the hardiest varieties weie root-killed, without 

 injury to the tops. — M. B. Bateham, Pat'nesviUe, 

 Ohio. 



Bottle Greening. — A chance seedling found 

 on a farm near the Yermoni and New York State 

 line. Disseminated by Eben Wright, ofDedham. 

 Medium form, lair size ; color yellowish-green, red 

 cheek, with a rich, purple plum-like bloom ; when 

 ripe, golden yellow, with red cheek. Flesh sub- 

 acid, almost melting, core small. A dessert apple. 

 October to February. — Boston Journal of Horti- 

 culture. 



Akebia Qtjinata. — We have repeatedly called 

 public attention to this beautiful hardy twiner, 

 but we rarely see it anywhere. 



It is a native of Japan, and very interesting to 

 Botanists, on account of its being a representative of 

 a natural order (Lardizabal^cea,) they have seldom 

 an opportunity of studying. It has something the 

 habit of our native vine "moon seed," [Menis- 

 permum canadensis]^ but the leave-! are in fives 

 {quinate). The flowers of a rich plum color, and 

 emit a grateful perfume. There are male and female 

 flowers separate on the same bunch; but it will in- 

 terest Botanists to know that an occ sional herma- 

 phodite flower may be seen. 



The fruit in Japan is used for medical purposes, 

 but we have not seen any flower perfect its fruit 

 in this country. 



It is a vine of very rapid growth, we saw rne 

 make twenty feet last year, and it remained out on 

 its trellis entirely uninjured in a very exposed situ- 

 ation the past winter, where the thermometer was 

 13° below z3ro, all the winter, and retained its leaves 

 green until a very late period. 



Many Japanese plants, the Paulowniafor instance, 

 buds out very late, but this one is one of the first 

 to leaf, and is quite green before Clematis, Trum- 

 pet vines, &c. ; near it showed signs of activity, and 



before some of the other plants had burst their 

 buds. Our cut is one half the natural size. 



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The plant may bo increased by either layers or 

 cutting , but the roots are a long while putting out, 



indeed during May was covered with its blossoms and this, probably, has been against its dissemina- 



