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COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS. 
Morus nigra. Common Mulberry, a small plant has just reached 
the Colony. 
Morus alba , White Mulberry, is well established. 
The Pine Apple thrives in the Colony, in the open air, from Sep¬ 
tember to May, but requires the protection of a frame, during the 
winter of this climate. 
Musa Paradisiaca, common Plaintain in fruit in the government 
garden. 
Phormium tenax, New Zealand Flax, well established from a 
plant from the Kew gardens. 
Physalis Peruviana, called here the Cape Gooseberry, is very 
abundant in the Colony. 
The Melon. Several varieties, which produce very fine fruit, in 
the greatest abundance. I. T. 
Varieties of the Cherry. In classing the varieties of the 
cherry, the French have certainly been more successful than any 
others, and Pomological writers chiefly adopt their method of ar¬ 
rangement. But the authors of that country are far from being- 
agreed upon the sorts that should be referred to their divisions. The 
divisions are Merisiers, Guigniers, Bigarreautiers, Cerisiers, and 
Griottiers. 
1st. The Merisiers. These are like wild cherries, small, and con¬ 
sequently have but little flesh, the latter containing, even in its ful¬ 
lest maturity, enough of bitterness to justify the name of Merise, 
formed it is said from the words Cerise amere. From this French 
name of Merise has probably originated the appellation given to 
wild cherries in some parts of England, where they are called Mer¬ 
ries. 
2nd. The Guigniers. Partly in this division, and partly in that 
of the Biggarreauters, are included the Heart cherries of this coun¬ 
try. Of the generality of those trees in the society’s garden, which 
bear the name of Guignier, the fruit is heart-shaped, with rather 
tender, juicy, sweet flesh ; their colour is chiefly black. 
3rd. The Bigarreautiers.-— The principal difference between these 
and the Guigniers consists in the greater firmness of the flesh of the 
Bigarreaux, but from this difference no complete distinction can be 
drawn, for the tenderest of the Bigarreaux, and the firmest of the 
Guignes are, in this respect, on an equality. The Bigarreaux are 
generally of a pale waxy white on the one side, with a blush of red 
on the other, and to such party coloured fruit the word was originally 
applied. The trees of these three divisions have a near resemblance 
to each other, and in many respects they absolutely agree. 
