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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Januaey 25, 1859. 
Spaehawk’s Honey ( Sparrow hawk’s Honey). —Medium 
sized, obtuse heart-shaped, and very regular in shape. 
Skin thin, of a beautiful, glossy, pale amber, becoming a 
lively red when fully ripe, and somewhat translucent. 
Stalk of moderate length, rather slender. Flesh pale, 
juicy, and sweet. Middle of July. 
Spotted Bigarreau. See Bigarreau de Hollande. 
Sussex. See Kentish. 
Taedive de Mans ( Merveille de Septembre). —Small, 
ovate, flattened at the stalk. Skin smooth and shining, 
clear red in the shade, and mottled with purplish red 
where exposed. Flesh firm, sweet, juicy, and nicely 
flavoured. This, like Belle Agathe, hangs very late, but 
it is not so largo nor so good as that variety. 
Tecumseh. —Above medium size, obtuse heart-shaped, 
flattened on one side. Skin reddish purple, or dark 
brownish-red, mottled with red. Flesh reddish purple, 
half-tender, very juicy and sweet, but not highly fla¬ 
voured. Middle and end of August. Valuable as a late 
variety. 
Tobacco-Leaved (Four-to-the-Pound; Ounce Cherry; 
Quatre a la Livre). —Bather below medium size, heart- 
shaped, and somewhat flattened on one side, and termi¬ 
nating at the apex in a curved fleshy point. Skin thin, 
pale amber, mottled and spotted with red. Stalk slender, 
two inches long. Flesh pale-amber coloured, firm, juicy, 
and with a sweet, rich flavour. Beginning of August. 
Leaves nearly a foot long. 
Teadescant’s IIeaet ( Elkhorn; St. Margaret's; Large 
Black Bigarreau; Bigarreau Gros Noir; Guigne Noire 
Tardive). —Of the largest size, obtuse heart-shaped, in¬ 
dented and uneven on its surface, and considerably flat¬ 
tened next the stalk ; on one side marked with the suture. 
Skin at first dark red, but changing when fully ripe to 
dark blackish-purple. Stalk slender, an inch and a half 
to an inch and three quarters long. Flesh dark purple, 
adhering firmly to the stone, firm, sweet, and briskly 
sub-acid. End of July and beginning of August. 
Teanspaeent Gean. —Small, regularly heart-shaped. 
Skin thin, transparent, and shining, pale yellow, and 
finely mottled with clear red. Stalk two inches long, 
slender. Flesh pale, tender, and juicy, with a sweet and 
somewhat piquant flavour. Middle and end of July. 
Trempee Precoce. See Baumann s May. 
De Villenne. See Carnation. 
Virginian May. Sec Kentish. 
Ward’s Bigarreau. See Monstrous Heart. 
Wateeloo.- —Large, obtuse heart-shaped, depressed 
at the apex, and flattened on one side. Skin very dark 
reddish-purple, almost black, and covered with minute 
pale dots. Stalk an inch and a half long, very slender. 
Flesh light reddish-purple, but dark purple next the stone; 
tender and juicy, with a sweet and rather rich flavour. 
End of June and beginning of July. 
Wax Cherry. See Carnation. 
Wkedee’s Eaely Black. —Very large, obtuse heart- 
shaped, with a deep suture on one side. Skin tough, 
shining, deep black-purple. Stalk short and stout, about 
an inch and a half long. Flesh purplish red, tender, very 
juicy, and with a very sweet and rich flavour. Middle 
and end of June. 
West’s White Heart. See Bigarreau. 
White Bigarreau. See Harrison's Heart. 
White IIeaet (Amber Heart; Dredge’s Early White; 
White Transparent). —Above medium size, oblong heart- 
shaped. Skin whitish yellow, tinged with dull red next 
the sun. Stalk two inches long, slender, set in a wide 
cavity. Flesh half-tender, sweet, and pleasant. Stone 
large. End of July. 
White Taetaeian ( Fraser's White Tartarian ).— 
Medium sized, obtuse heart-shaped. Skin pale yellow. 
Stalk two inches long, slender. Flesh whitish yellow, 
half-tender, and sweet. Early in July. 
White Transparent. See White Heart. 
LIST OF SELECT CHERRIES, 
AEEANGED ACCOEDING TO THEIB OEDEE OE EIPENING. 
I. FOE GAEDENS. 
These all succeed well in the open ground, or as espaliers ; 
and those for dessert use are all worthy of being grown against 
a wall, when they are much improved both in quality and 
{ earliness. 
For Dessert Use. 
JUNE. 
Belle d’Orleans 
Early Purple Gean 
Baumann’s May 
Early Prolific 
Werder’s Early Black 
Bowyer’s Early Heart 
JULY. 
Knight’s Early Black 
Black Tartarian 
Waterloo 
Governor Wood 
Belle de Choisy 
May Duke 
Jeffreys’ Duke 
Cleveland Bigarreau 
Rockport Bigarreau 
Black Eaglo 
Elton 
Osceola 
Royal Duke 
Delicate 
Duchesse de Palluau 
Monstrous Heart 
Joc-o-sot 
Mammoth 
Mary 
Bigarreau 
august. 
Late Duke 
Florence 
Kennicott 
Red Jacket 
Tecumseh 
SEPTEMBER. 
Coo’s Late Carnation 
Biittner’s Yellow 
Bigarreau de Hildeslicim 
Belle Agathe 
For Kitchen Use. 
Kentish Belle Magnifique 
Griotto de Chaux Morello 
II. FOE OECHAEDS. 
These being vigorous-growing and hardy varieties, and all, in 
various degrees, abundant bearers, are well adapted for orchard 
planting. 
Early Prolific 
Knight’s Early Black 
Black Tartarian 
Adams’ Crown 
May Duke 
Elton 
Black Hawk 
Biittner’s Black Heart 
Hogg’s Black Gean 
Hogg’s Red Gean 
(To be continued.) 
Kentish 
Mammoth 
Mary 
Bigarreau 
Amber Gean 
Late Duke 
Kennicott 
Red Jacket 
Tecumseh 
Belle Agathe 
THE SCIENCE OF GARDENING. 
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Although temperatures ranging between 60° and 80° are 
those most usually propitious to germination, yet, as already 
noticed, a much higher temperature can be endured by seeds 
without then.' vitality being destroyed, and, indeed, in some in¬ 
stances, may be employed with great advantage, when the seed, 
from age or other cause, germinates with difficulty. The heiglith 
of the temperature required for destroying them vitality varies 
with the species of seed. In water at 122° F., we have seen that 
the germmating power of corn was destroyed; but Dr. Bindley 
found the seeds of a Raspberry germinate, though they must 
have endured a temperature of 230° in the boiling syrup of the 
jam, whence they were taken; and other instances are known 
where Peas submitted to a temperature of 200°, and, left in the 
water for twenty-four hours until cool, germinated more readily 
