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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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The Broad-Leaved Burning 1 Bush. 
There are some shrubs of really superior 
character that do not become popular, while 
related species, vastly inferior to them, are 
seen almost everywhere. The European 
Burning Bush, or Spindle-Tree, and the 
American, are often met with, while the 
Broad-leaved' is still among the rarest of 
shrubs. Whether it is because the nursery- 
THE BROAD-LEAVED BURNING BUSH (EliOtiymUS latifolius). 
often require support, and when wet with 
rain will break down. In the single forms 
the long flower stalk has sufficient strength 
to hold up the flower, and display it to the 
best advantage while on the plant, and allow 
of its effective arrangement when cut. In 
this variety, the rays are large in proportion 
to the disk, and of a pure white, with great 
substance. The number of varieties of single 
Dahlias will no doubt be greatly increased 
THE SINGLE DAHLIA—“WHITE QUEEN.” 
ing ; it is also known that if the fruit is 
severely thinned, that which is left to mature 
will be larger and finer, but how much ? In 
order to ascertain whether the operation will 
pay on the large scale or not, we asked for 
statistics, hoping that some of our peach¬ 
growing friends had compared the returns 
from thinned, and unthinned trees, and might 
be able to show in dollars and cents whether 
or not the fruit would sell for enough more 
men do not offer it prominently, or because 
buyers of shrubs do not know it, we can not 
say, but we will endeavor to remove the latter 
reason by calling attention to its excellence 
as an ornamental shrub. It is a native of 
Southern Europe, and is said to reach the 
liight of 15 feet under favorable circum¬ 
stances. As we have seen it, six or eight 
feet is its usual liight, and it assumes a dense 
bushy form, clothed with broad leaves of a 
dark rich green. The flowers, as in other 
species, are not conspicuous. The fruit is in 
clusters which are on long and slender foot 
stalks, and always droop. The exterior of 
the capsules is crimson, and the seeds which 
are shown when these open are bright orange 
red. This Burning Bush (Euonymus latifoli¬ 
us) retains its leaves later in autumn than the 
other species, and is a most beautiful object. 
Thinning- Peaches.—The account by 
a Michigan correspondent of his “ first Peach 
Orchard,” given elsewhere, calls to mind a 
request that we made several years ago, and 
to which no response was received. It was 
to this effect: it is admitted that a thorough 
t h in nin g of the young fruit will prevent the 
evils to the tree consequent upon overbear- 
to pay for the labor of thinning. We now 
repeat our request for facts on this point. 
The Single Dahlias. 
The illustrations of the single Dahlias given 
last month convey some idea of their appear¬ 
ance as cut flowers, but fail to show the orna¬ 
mental appearance of the plant itself. In 
view of the fact that these plants are likely 
to become exceedingly popular in this coun¬ 
try, where they will meet with a more favor¬ 
able climate than that of England, we borrow 
from a recent number of “ The Garden ” an 
engraving showing the plant as it appears in 
the border. The engraving is from a photo¬ 
graph of a plant in the nurseries of T. S. 
Ware, Tottenham, Eng., where in the autumn 
of 1880 we first saw a collection of these 
Dahlias, and were impressed with their beau¬ 
ty and value. The variety here illustrated is 
the “White Queen,” regarded as the best of 
the whites, and shows the compact form of 
the plant and its abundant bloom. Unlike 
the old tall double varieties, the plant can be 
sufficiently supported by a single stake which 
is readily concealed by the foliage. In the 
double kinds the heads are so heavy that they 
when they come into general cultivation with 
us, as our long summers will allow of the 
ripening of its seeds in abundance. If the 
seeds are sown early, the plants potted 
singly, and turned out when frost are over,, 
a large share will bloom the first year. 
firimes’ Csolden.—This apple was in¬ 
troduced by S. B. Marshall, of Ohio, who sent 
us abundant specimens ; we figured and de¬ 
scribed it in Jan. 1867, giving Mr. M.’s des¬ 
cription of the tree, with Dr. Warder’s and 
our own of the fruit. This induced Mr. B. 
Scholl, of Wash. Co., Md., to make a trial of 
the variety. He writes : “ The tree is a good 
grower on my soil, and the fruit is excellent 
for eating and for drying ; it can not be ex¬ 
celled as a cooking apple by any variety in 
its season, which is from September to Janu¬ 
ary. Besides it is a good bearer of annual 
crops of fruit.”—We are glad to hear such a 
good report of a variety which we helped to 
introduce. Mr. Marshall claimed that his 
trees had not failed to produce a good crop 
annually for 18 years, and while we did not 
doubt his statement, we feared that the tree 
might not bear with equal regularity else¬ 
where, but the note of Mr. Scholl shows that 
