CAMBKIAE" FILUM. 
I LTHOUGII the propagation of new varieties of 
Plums has not been wholly neglected by the 
more considerate portion of Horticulturists, and 
some varieties of high value have been produced, 
still, generally spealung, particularly in country 
towns, a more wretched display then is usually seen of fruit 
of this species can scarcely be imagined. Every body knows 
the Green Gage, but its culture is much neglected ; and 
indeed, as a stamlard, it is not very well suited to all situa- 
tions. The Orleans is equally well-known, and in the estima- 
tion of nine-tenths of the inhabitants of England is quite 
perfection. Those persons, however, who are conversant Avith 
the best varieties in cultivation, must at once pronounce it 
to be a leathery, harsh, ordinary fririt, rrnfit for the dessert, and 
possessing no superiority as a kitchen frorit. 
The Cambrian Plum, which we now figure, is doubtless a 
descendant of the Orleans, but in every respect its superior ; it 
is, however, but little known, except in the neighboitrhood of 
