Mammoth announced has none of these 
faults, but of this we shall probably know 
more a few years hence. 
The “ Welcome ” is another new sort 
claiming attention. It is a twice-bearing 
sort, after the style of Belle de Fontenay, 
which it resembles very closely, both in 
plant and fruit. It originated near Mount 
Holly, New Jersey. 
give promise of large size; their other mer¬ 
its must he decided by experience in soils 
not specially prepared for seedlings. The 
K issena, raised by Prof. Huntsman, carried 
off the higest prize at the Bliss Exhibition 
last summer. This very promising berry 
was figured and described in the Rural 
New-Yorker June 24th, page 396. 
President Wilder, from which so much was 
Jour. d'Hort. of that pear, as E. alpinum 
var, rubrum. 
Whether our plant should prove to be 
identical with the one named by Morren, 
or otherwise, it is certainly a valuable ac¬ 
quisition to our list of hardy herbaceous 
plants. It is well suited for shady borders 
and rock work; also for greenhouse decora¬ 
tions, blooming as freely when grown in 
pots as our well known Dicontra ftpcctabi- 
, - There arp . as yet, few of these plants 
in this country; but as it can be propagated 
with great rapidity we presume they will 
soon be abundant. 
1 he plants grow in dense clumps some¬ 
what like our common Spircca ( Astilbe ) 
aponica , throwing up numerous flower 
st to ns twelve to eighteen inches high. A 
portion of one of the flower stems, with 
leaves and flowers natural size, is shown in 
the accompanying illustration. 
The outside of the flowers is bright red, 
the edges of the petals folding over, so that 
the color is seen when looking at the inside 
of the open flower. Inside, the petals are 
white, with a light stripe of red running 
down the center of each. 
1 be long panicles of flowers possess a deli¬ 
cate grace, which is scarcely exceeded by 
any other plant of this class. The leaves 
and flowers retain their bright, rigid ap¬ 
pearance for several weeks, whether grown 
in the forcing-house or in the open border. 
There are several other species of Epimc- 
dium deserving a place in our gardens; but 
few of them have ever been cultivated in 
this country. But we hope the introduc¬ 
tion ot the one w-e have noticed will call 
the attention of our florists to this long 
neglected but highly ornamental genus of 
plants. 
SMALL FRUITS IN 1871 
Although the Rural New-Yorker has 
kept its readers pretty well informed in re¬ 
gard to the introduction of new varieties of 
the small fruits during the past year, it may 
be well to again glance over the list and add 
some notes in relation to the comparative 
value of older sorts. 
Blackberries.— Wo have little to add in 
regard to blackberries. No new ones of 
value have been introduced during the past 
season, at least none that are better than 
those previously cultivated. The Briton 
and Western Triumph are said to be excel¬ 
lent varieties for the extreme Western 
States, but with us at the East they are in¬ 
ferior to several of our older and better 
known sorts. The Furlcy, received from 
Kansas a few years since, appears to be 
nothing more than a common wild variety 
and of no particular value. Among tin- 
twenty or more sorts in cultivation, we 
place Kittatinny at the head of the list as 
combining more good qualities than any 
other. For size alone, we have none that 
will equal the Wilson’s Early, but t he plants 
are tender in Northern localities and the 
fruit is only second-rate in quality. Dor¬ 
chester still holds a front rank for earliness, 
the plants hardy and the fruit sweet and 
good. 
Raspberries. — The excitement which 
prevailed a few years since among fruit 
growers in regard to new varieties hus, in a 
great measure, subsided; but a few have 
appeared during the past, season, some of 
which may be of value. We have already 
so many excellent sorts in cultivation, that 
he who undertakes to make still further 
progress has a difficult task in hand. That 
it is possible, we admit; but not probable, 
at least not by the “chance seedling” sys¬ 
tem so much relied upon in years past. 
Among the Black-Cap raspberries, a few 
new ones have been announced. The i 
Burns, from Kansas, is said to resemble the 
Doolittle, although the originator says it is 
better in flavor. Ontario is another new i 
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