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at first of a yellowish white, but becoming all over mottled 
with red. Stalk an inch and a half long. Flesh firm, hut 
less so than the Bigarreau, rich, and deliciously flavoured. 
Middle and end of July. 
Herefordshire Black. See Corone. 
Herefordshire Heart. See Gascoigne s Heart. 
Hogg’s Black Gean. —Medium sized, obtuse heart- 
shaped. Skin black and shining. Stalk an inch and a 
half long. Flesh dark, very tender, richly flavoured, and 
very sweet. Beginning of July. 
Hogg’s Bed Gean. —Medium sized, roundish, inclining 
to heart-shaped. Skin red, freckled with amber yellow. 
Stalk an inch and a half long. Flesh yellowish, very 
tender and juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. Beginning 
of July. 
Hybrid de Laeken. See Heine Hortense. 
Indulle. See Early May. 
Jeffeeys’ Duke ( Cherry Dulcc of Duhamel; Jeffreys’ 
Royal; Royale). — Medium sized, round, and a little 
flattened, produced upon stalks of about an inch long, 
which are united in clusters on one common peduncle 
half an inch long. Skin deep red, changing to black as 
it attains maturity. Flesh red, firm, very juicy, rich, and 
highly flavoured. The juice is quite sweet, and not acid, 
like the May Duke. Bipe the beginning and middle of 
July. 
Joc-o-sot. —Large and handsome, somewhat obtusely 
heart-shaped, compressed on the sides, and deeply in¬ 
dented at the apex. Skin shining, of a deep brownish- 
black colour. Stalk two inches long. Flesh dark brownish- 
red, tender, juicy, rich, and sweet. Middle of July. 
Kennicott. —Large, roundish-heart-shaped, and com¬ 
pressed on the sides. Skin of a fine amber yellow, con¬ 
siderably mottled with deep glossy red. Flesh yellowish 
white, firm, juicy, rich, and sweet. Beginning and middle 
of August. 
Kentish (Common Red; Early Richmond; Pie Cherry; 
Sussex; Virginian May). —Medium sized, round. Skin 
bright red. Stalk an inch and a quarter long, stout, 
deeply set, and adhering so firmly to the stone, that the 
latter maybe drawn out. Flesh acid. For kitchen pur¬ 
poses. Middle and end of July. 
Kirtland’s Mammoth. See Mammoth. 
Kirtland’s Mary. See Mary. 
Ivnevett’s Late Bigarreau. See Florence. 
Knight’s Eaely Black. —Large, and obtuse heart- 
shaped, irregular, and uneven. Skin black. Stalk two 
inches long, deeply inserted. Flesh purple, tender, juicy, 
and richly flavoured. End of June and beginning of July. 
Lacure. See Blade Heart. 
Lady Southampton’s. —This is a medium sized, yellow, 
heart-shaped cherry, of the Bigarreau class, with firm, 
but not juicy, flesh. It is now very little cultivated, and 
is but a worthless variety. End of July and beginning 
of August. 
Late Bigaeeeau. —Large, obtuse heart-shaped, and 
uneven in its outline, broadly and deeply indented at the 
apex. Skin of a fine rich yellow, with a bright red cheek, 
which sometimes extends over the whole surface. Stalk 
an inch and a half long. Flesh yellowish, considerably 
firm, sweet, and agreeably flavoured. Middle of August. 
Tree very productive. 
Large Black Bigarreau. See Tradescant’s Heart. 
Late Duke (Anglaise Tardive). —Large, obtusely heart- 
shaped, and somewhat compressed. Skin shining, of a 
fine bright red, which becomes darker as it ripens. Stalk 
one inch and a half to two inches long. Flesh pale yellow, 
tender, juicy, and richly flavoured. Beginning and 
middle of August. 
Late Morello. See Morello. 
Lemercier. See Reine Hortense. There is a Lemercier 
grown by Mr. Bivcrs which is later than Beine Hortense, 
and, before it is quite ripe, considerably more acid than 
that variety. The tree has also a more rigid and upright 
: growth, like the Dukes; but it is evidently a seminal 
variety of Beine Hortense, and, being a better bearer, is, 
perhaps, the preferable kind to grow of that admirable 
cherry. 
Lion’s Heart. See Ox Heart. 
Logan. — Above medium size, obtuse heart-shaped. 
Skin deep blackish-purple. Stalk an inch and a half long. 
Flesh brownish-red, almost firm, juicy, sweet, and richly 
flavoured. Middle and end of July. The tree blooms 
late. 
Louis XVIII. See Reine Hortense. 
Luke Waed’s ( Luleewqrds ).— Medium sized, obtuse 
heart-shaped. Skin dark brownish-red, becoming almost 
black as it ripens. Stalk about two inches long. Flesh 
half-tender,dark purple, juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. 
End of July and beginning of August. Superior to the 
Black Heart and the Corone. 
Mammoth ( Eirtland’s Mammoth). —Very large, often 
an inch and an eighth in diameter ; obtuse heart-shaped. 
Skin clear yellow, flushed and marbled with red. Stalk 
an inch and a quarter long. Flesh half-tender, juicy, 
sweet, and very richly flavoured. Middle and end of 
July. This is a magnificent cherry. 
Manning’s Mottled.- —Above medium size, obtusely 
heart-shaped, and flattened on one side. Skin amber 
coloured, finely mottled, and flushed with red, somewhat 
translucent and shining. Stalk slender, two inches long. 
Flesh yellow, tender, juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. 
Middle of July. 
Marcelin. See Monstrous Heart. 
Maey ( Kirtland’s Mary). — Large, roundish-heart¬ 
shaped, and handsome. Skin very much mottled with 
deep, rich red on a yellow ground, and, when much ex¬ 
posed to the sun, almost entirely of a rich glossy red. 
Stalk from one inch and a half to two inches long. Flesh 
pale yellow, firm, rich, and juicy, with a sweet and high 
flavour. Middle and end of July. This is a very beauti¬ 
ful and very fine cherry. 
May Duke (Duke; Early Duke; Early May Duke; 
Angleterre Hdtive; Royale Hcitive ).—Large, roundish, 
inclining to oblate. Skin at first of a red-cornelian 
colour, but gradually becoming dark red, and ultimately 
almost black, as it ripens. Stalk about an inch and a 
half long. Flesh red, tender, juicy, and richly flavoured, 
with a fine, subdued acidulous smack. Beginning of July. 
De Meruer. See Reine Hortense. 
Merveille de Hollande. See Reine Hortense. 
Milan. See Morello. 
Monstkous He aut (Bigarreau Gros Cceuret; Bigarreau 
Jahoulais; Bigarreau Gahoulais; Bigarreau de Lyons; 
Bigarreau Gros Monstrueux; Bigarreau Monstrueux de 
Mezel; Marcelin; Gros Cceuret; Ward’s Bigarreau ).— 
Very large, obtuse heart-shaped. Skin at first yellowish, 
tinged and streaked with red, but changing to a deep, 
shining red, and approaching to black the longer it hangs. 
Stalk one inch and a half to two inches long, stout. Flesh 
purplish, firm, and juicy, with a rich and excellent flavour. 
Bipe the middle and end of July. 
Monstrueuse de Bavay. See Reine Hortense. 
Monstrueuse de Jodoigne. See Reine Hortense. 
(To he continued.) 
DBFS SING FLOBISTS’ FLOWEBS. 
I tebceive, in your capital periodical The Cottage Gae- 
denee, the subject of dressing flowers for exhibition is now being 
canvassed, and i cannot refrain from sending a few of my observa¬ 
tions on such a system. I will not say anything of the appear¬ 
ance of dressed flowers, further than they certainly look well for 
