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ness as it is with ns. It is only where laborions, 

 plodding watchfulness is given to the crop that it 

 pays much. We are told that in some parts of France 

 where the wages of labor have risen a little, it 

 scarcely pays ; and yet here, wherere it is supposed 

 we have so many risks to run, and labor is so much 

 better paid, grape growing has not, on the whole, 

 proved more uncertain than most other fruit crops. 

 This is, no doubt, owing to the greater intelligence 

 of our grape growers and grape writers, well exem- 

 plified in both author and editor of this book. 

 While the one writes of "Spider-shaped Beetles," 

 " May beetles," "Blue Beetles ofPunal," no one 

 outside of his limited circle knowing what he means 

 — the American Editor recognizes that he has a 

 more scientific class to deal with, and properly tells 

 yon that his grape vine Beetle is HaJtica chalyhea^ 

 or' the Rose Beetle is Macradactylus suhspinosa, 

 and so on. 



No one can rise from this work without feeling 

 great respect for American grape knowledge, and 

 will heartily thank Dr. Warder for the share he has 

 taken in making this knowledge respectable. It 

 would be well worth re-translating into French in 

 the SiJiape W^arder has put it. 



CRATiEGUS OXYACANTHA COCCINEA FLORE-PLE- 



NO (New Double-blossomed Crimson Thorn). — "As 

 a hardy ornamental tree for planting in the shrub- 

 bery and flower garden, we look upon this Thorn as 

 the grandest acquisition that has been obtained for 

 many years ; and as a forcing plant it is equally de- 

 sirable, for the young plants appear to flower freely 

 when only a few inches high. This, indeed, has 

 been sufficiently shown by the examples which have 

 been exhibited by Mr. W. Paul at the Boyal Hor- 

 ticultural Grarden, South Kensington, and at the 

 Bojal Botanic Garden, licgent's Park, several 

 times during the spring of the present year. 



As there has been some doubt created in the mind 

 of the public as to whether there are not two new 

 double Crimson Thorns,issuing from different estab- 

 lishments, under similar names, we are glad to be 

 able to dispel the mystery. We speak advisedly 

 when we say that the plants shown by Mr. William 

 Paul, and the branches shown by Messrs. George 

 Paul & Son, are identical both in leaf and flowers. 

 The variety is a sport from the double Pink Thorn, 

 and originated in the beautiful and well kept garden 

 of Christopher Boyd, Esq., of Cheshunt St., near 



Waltham Cross, where it still exists. It has, there- 

 fore, never been the exclusive property of any one 

 nurseryman. 



The history of the sport is briefly this: About 

 seven or eight years ago some flowers of this intense 

 hue were observed on a plant of the double Pink 

 Thorn, and, on examination, it was found that a 

 strong branch had started up from near the centre 

 of the tree, with leaves as well as flowers difTering 

 from its parent. The branch was encouraged, and 

 year by year, increased in size, retaining the color 

 and character originally observed. The parent 

 plant is, apparently, about 25 years old, 30 ft. high, 

 and as much in diameter, measured from the outer- 

 most branches at its greatest width. There is still 

 only one stout central branch of this deep color ; 

 the other branches, which are profusely adorned 

 with flowers, being of the original pale pink so well 

 known to horticulturists. When looking at the 

 tree recently, so great was the contrast between the 

 sport and the original, that we could not rid our- 

 selves of the impression that the parent variety was 

 in this instance, paler than usual ; and we asked 

 ourselves whether the coloring matter had not been 

 drawn from the larger surface and intensified in this 

 particular branch by one of those secret processes 

 which the student of Nature is often called upon to 

 behold and wonder at, without being able to account 

 for or explain. This may be fanciful, but here is 

 certainly a lusus naturae worthy of the attentive con- 

 sideration of our vegetable physiologists. 



We do not h<isitate to advise every one who has a 

 garden, to purchase this plant at once. — Florist and 

 Nomologist. 



Dalechampia Boezliana, var. rosea. Mull 

 Arg.; D. C. Frod.^ vol. xv., sect, posterior., fasc. 

 2. p. 1233. 



[Our readers are familiar with the Fomsettapul- 

 c7ierri7na ^oue of the most beautiful winter ornaments 

 of our hot houses. This new plant is closely alhed 

 to this, and as it probably may become as popular 

 as the Poinsetta; when introduced to the United 

 States, we give the Gardener's Chronicle account 

 in full.— Ed. G. if.] 



"Numerous specimens of this very pretty plant 

 were exhibited by Mr. Bull, of the King's Road, 

 Chelsea, at the last Tuesday meeting of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, where they, deservedly, attracted 

 great attention. The plant was, we believe, in the 

 first instance, detected by Roezl, in the province of 

 Vera Crua^ Mexico, and living specimens of the 

 rosy variety, as well as of the green-bracted kind, 

 were sent to M. Ortgies, and by him communicated 



