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ference to any other grape. Ripe early in August. Vine 
resembles Long’s more than any other; but by the les.*: 
downy character and the yellowish tint of the older leaves, 
and the brownish cast of the younger ones in Lenoir, the 
two are easily distinguished, even in rows of cuttings. 
In fruit, bunches of Lenoir average not two-thirds the 
weight of Long’s. Berries smaller, of darker color and 
ripen three weeks sooner. Fruit from Peters, Harden & 
Co.; Dr. Camak, and Dr. Ward. 
7. Long’s . — The parent vine was found over thirty 
years since, by Col. James Long in the woods of his 
plantation, near Danielsville, Ga. He removed the vine 
to his garden, and by himself and family it has been since 
retained as an esteemed variety, not subject to rot, and of 
great fruitlulness. A sparkling wine of good quality has 
been made from it. Vine of vigorous growth. Leaf, in 
shape much like Lenoir, but more apt to be deeply indent- 
ed, sometimes sub-three-lobed, of large size, thick ; young 
leaves at first very hoary with down, which, in the very 
youngest is a little fuscous; color of the leaf itself a clear 
green, with no shade of brown or red. Older leaves al- 
always more cobwebby than any other cultivated variety, 
giving a whitish appearance beneath quite distinct from 
the yellowish shade of Lenoir, Bunches somewhat 
shouldered, very compact, of medium to large size, good 
ones weighing about 12 ounces. Berries average larger 
than Lenoir, tlie best being a little over half an inch in 
diameter. Skin thin, very dark purple, with a blue 
bloom. Flesh tender, very little pulpy, sweet and vinous. 
Quality, good. Ripens last of August or early in 
September. Fruit from Dr. C. W. Long. 
8. Lram5, (Old House Grape.) — This grape came ori- 
ginally fo this place from Iverson L. Harris, Esq., of Mil- 
ledgeville, whose father, eating the fruit from a vine upon 
a tree near a deserted house, procured cuttings the next 
winter and brought it into cultivation. Hence, it is some- 
times called the “Old House Grape.” Vine quite vigor- 
ous, leaves large, sublobately angled or sub-three-lobed 
near the apex, which makes it quite distinct ; more deeply 
cut than the two preceding, being sometimes three lobed. 
The leaf has a yellowish shade, moderately downy, less so 
than Long’s and down less cobwebby ; old leaves rather 
smooth. Bunches medium, shouldered, compact, a little 
larger than Lenoir. Berries round, three quarters to half 
an inch in diameter, averaging nearly as large as Long’s 
and Warren. Skin rather thick for the species, black, 
covered with a blue bloom. Flesh little pulpy, sweet, 
sweet, juicy and agreeable. Quality, very good. A valu- 
able variety, not subject to rot. Middle of August. Fruit 
from Dr Camak. 
9. Xort.on’s Virginia . — Leaf sublobately angled, sub- 
lobed, and sometimes (but not generally like Warren, &c.) 
fully three or five lobed. Green of the young leaves has 
a yellowish shade. Young shoots and terminal leaf above 
and young leaves beneath with a fuscous (changing to 
hoary) cobwebby tomentum. Nerves strongly marked, 
reddish beneath. Older leaves nearly free from down. 
Bunches long, occasionally shouldered, somewhat com- 
pact. Berries pretty uniform, in size about four or five- 
fifths of an inch in diameter. Skin thin, nearly or quite 
black, with a blue bloom. Flesh quite pulpy, vinous and 
harsh; not even “good” Not worth cultivating. Said 
to be a hybrid between Bland and Miller’s Burgundy, 
but is totally unlike either. As LeConte observes,* 
“Although among some families of plants hybrids occur 
naturally or may be found artificially, yet it is difficult to 
understand how this ever can be case in the genus Vitis, 
In forming a hybrid it is necessary to emasculate the 
flower which we wish to produce fruit, and to impregnate 
*See Proceedings Acad Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, Febru- 
ary, 1853. 
its pistil w’ith the pollen of some other species ; this is im- 
possible in the present instance on account of the minute- 
ness of the flower and the parts of fructification.” Nor is 
this all. He might have added another difficulty. The 
petals are caducous and cohere together at their tips, form- 
ing a little cap which, in the act of falling off whole^ 
draws over from one side or other almost invariably the 
pollen from its own stamens upon the pistil. The chances 
then are that an operator on so minute a flower in the act 
of removing this cap, and then the stamens, would have 
already fertilized the pistils before applying the pollen of 
species or variety selected. We would not, however, as- 
sert that hybridization, naturally or artificially, is abso- 
lutely and in every case impossible, but nearly so; and 
such being the fact in general, Norton’s Seedling gives as 
little evidence of being a special exception as any variety 
we know, being totally different fiom its reputed parents, 
and agreeing sufficiently well in character with the species 
sestivalis. Fruit from Dr. Ward. 
Doubtless the Delaware, as well as other varieties not 
yet known to the Committee, pertain to Vitis sestivalis, 
but the foregoing are all that have, as yet, come under our 
observation. 
Hon. Mark A. Cooper, President — Dear Sir: — The 
Committee Ad Interim of the Pomological Society beg 
leave to submit the foregoing report on the Grape. They 
hope by a further report upon the varieties of Vitis labrus- 
ca, the coming month, to close up the subject for this sea- 
son. Wm. N, White. 
Athens, Ga., Sept., 1857. 
BULBOUS FLOWERS FOR THE SOUTH. 
Dielytra Spectabilis . — This is unquestionably one of the 
greatest acquisitions to our flower gardens, that has been 
added to them for the last twenty years. It is a perennial 
plant, introduced from China about a dozen years ago. It 
belongs to the natural family Fumariaccoc, and several 
species of this tribe are indigenous to North America ; the 
Dulijtra formosa, for instance, is found on the mountains of 
North Carolina. The Chinese species {Dielytra specta- 
bilis), however, far surpasses all the others others i» 
beauty and gracefulness; it is a charming flower, which 
surprises the beholder of it every spring. 
The root is a fleshy tuber, somewhat resembling a piece 
of fresh ginger. By the beginning of April it developes 
its very delicate and peculiar foliage, followed by several 
half transparent flower stalks, about 2 feet high, graceful- 
ly bent, and producing the pink-colored, heart-shaped 
flowers, of the size of a lozenge, in one-sided, drooping 
sprays. The corolla itself is pearly white, set, as it w’ere^ 
in frosty silver. 
Most of this tribe w’ill, in their natural state, be found in 
such localities where they can enjoy the early morning 
sun in the spring, and be shaded by bushes against the 
hot noon sun. This species, however, will stand the full 
exposure better than the other species, but could it be 
planted at the north side of a building, or on the shade- 
bed, (ah'eady so often described,) so much the better; if 
this cannot be done conveniently, it should receive a 
heavy mulching with litter, during the hottest part of the 
summer. A deep and rich black soil suits this plant best 
and it will soon form a strong bunch. Specimens have 
been known which measured thirty feet in circumference^ 
with two hundred spikes of flowers ; this was, however, 
! on a spot which had been filled up four feet deep, with 
very rich soil, and such specimens are but seldom to be 
met wirh. 
During the latter part of the summer the foliage dies off 
to appear again by next spring in renewed beauty. This 
plant will do equally as well in the greenhouse as in the 
open garden. If taken up in October and planted in a box 
