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mon ground wherein most of the best practical 

 men will agree with him ; and thus has been fortu- 

 nate enough to produce a work which will prove 

 generally acceptable alike to those who believe they 

 know, and to those who want to know the best gen- 

 eral way to grow small fruits. 



Flore des Serres. — We have received from 

 Mr. Van Houtte a set of this magazine. It gives 

 superb colored drawings of the most beautiful floral 

 candidates for popularity. It is a beautiful orna- 

 ment for the most tasteful drawing-room table, 

 where flowers, whether portrayed by the hand of 

 nature or of art, are an essential ornament. We 

 should like to see such a work indigenous to the 

 United States ; as that cannot be, the next best 

 thing is to advise our readers to send to Mr, Van 

 Houtte and get it, or order it through any import- 

 ing bookseller. 



BouDiNOT STRAWBERRY.--Mr. C. L. Whiting, 

 Licking Co. , Ohio, writes us with regard to a straw- 

 berry originated by Dr. Boudinot of that county 

 from seeds of the Wilson, and named for its origi- 

 nator. Our correspondent has " cultivated berries 

 for 30 years, but never has seen anything begin to 

 promise like this." Andrew Merriman, a very 

 successful horticulturist of the same place, has a 

 row of the Boudinot in his garden, planted for 

 trial, side by side with the Bussell, Agriculturist^ 

 Jucunda, and very near the Ellsworth and Monitor 

 — all receiving precisely the same attention. Mr, 

 Whiting says of these : 



" The season has been favorable, and all varieties 

 have done well, but the Boudinot showed the pecu- 

 liarities noticed the first year of its bearing, viz : 

 Large size, perfect form, great uniformity in size, 

 early ripening, firmness of flesh, red to the centre, 

 and probably three perfect berries in number to 07ie 

 on either of the o her kinds named. Individual 

 berries on the Russell and Agriculturist were larger 

 than any of the Boudinots. But 4 and 4| inches 

 were not at all uncommon. Three quarts of ripe 

 berries were picked from seven plants at one time. 

 The shape and color are much like the Wilson, but 

 in flavor they are sweeter." — Cownti^ Gentleman. 



[Specimens on exhibition at the American Insti- 

 tute Strawberry Show, indicated berries of tolerably 

 high flavor, but they had been brought to the ex- 

 hibition under too many diSiculties to receive much 

 praise for their appearance. — Ed. G. M.^ 



New Strawberry Charles Downing, — This 

 we believe to be a valuable variety, judging from 

 samples we saw in New York, It was raised by 

 Mr, Downer, of Fairview, Ky., the raiser of Downer 

 Prolific, though the specimens we saw were grown 

 by Mr. Carpenter. It is large, — Mr, Thompson, 

 of Staten Island, weighed 28 which made 1 pound — 

 and the berry is firm, of good flavor, and fine color. 

 The committee of the American Institute (Thurber, 

 Ellis, J. J. Thomas and Meehan), were favorably 

 impressed with it, and would have awarded the 

 Greeley premium of $50 to the Seedling Strawberry 

 which should eojual the Albany Seedling in good 

 qualities, but be superior in flavor, only that of 

 their own knowledge they could not say — the plants 

 exhibited being only young runners of last fall — that 

 it would be as productive as Albany. It appeared 

 as if it might do that. 



Dr. Nicaise Strawberry. — The single variety 

 shown by Frost & Co., was the "Dr. Nicaise," a 

 European variety, imported by them from the South 

 of France. It promises to become noted, at least 

 for the great size ol' its fruit, Mark D. Wilson of 

 this city, also exhibited specimens of this variety, 

 one berry measuring six and three-eighths inches 

 in circumference, and weighing one and one-eighth 

 ounces. — Rural New Yorher. 



New French Pear Seringe. — Tree pyramidal, 

 vigorous, and productive ; shoots flexuose, olive- 

 colored in the shade, purplish red next the sun; 

 leaves ovate, acuminate, pubescent and dentate. 

 Fruit middle-sized, oval, inclining to obovate, a 

 little depressed at the ends ; stalk long, moderately 

 thick, a little thickened at its junctions with the 

 fruit and spur; eye large, open, in a slight de- 

 pression ; skin citron or pale yellow, smooth, with 

 some russet specks ; flesh white, very melting, and 

 sugary. Bipe in August. The Poire Seringe or 

 Beurre Seringe was obtained by M. Nerard, nur- 

 seryman at Lyons, and it was awarded a silver 

 medal at the Exhibition of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of the Bhone. It was named in honor of 

 Nicolas-Charles Seringe, the collaborateur of M. 

 de Candolle, and afterwards Professor of Botany at 

 Lyons, who was born in 1776, and died in 1859. — 

 Gard. Chronicle. 



Naomi Raspberry. — Several years ago we were 

 shown samples of a new raspberry called the Naomi, 

 grown in the vicinity of Cleveland. The parties 

 having the stock in possession have been very 

 modest in presenting its claims to the public, but 



