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RUSSIAN APPLES.—A SELECTION OF POTATOS. 
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ogres they had in some cases imagined, very 
full of human nature, genial in heart and mind, 
and rejoicing in nothing so much as a fine 
development of their cherished flower, hy 
whomsoever accomplished. So one cobweb 
after another was swept away, and, thanks to 
a well-guided floral Press, although millennium 
is not yet, there is little fear that similar evils 
will again cumber the path of progress. 
Whether, at any period in the past, Carnations 
and Picotees occupied in the estimation of the 
flower-loving and flower-cultivating public a 
higher position relatively than they occupy at 
this time, or whether they formed a larger 
factor in the establishments of the wealthy, it 
is, I think, idle to inquire, as no means of 
determining the fact exist; but this much I 
can testify, that never in my life have I known 
a single surplus layer of known fine stocks to 
have been grown in excess of the demand ; and 
never, I believe, were so many Carnations 
and Picotees sold to the general public as 
during the past few years. As to the at¬ 
tractions of the flowers, and their influence 
with the public, the existence and the ex¬ 
hibitions of the National Carnation and 
Picotee Society are ample witness ; and as 
to those exhibitions, I have only to say 
that in the South they have had no parallel 
beforetime, either for the number of com¬ 
petitors, the extent of the display, or the 
intrinsic beauty of the flowers shown. Never, 
whether in North or South, has the growth 
and development of the Auricula and the Car¬ 
nation and Picotee been seen in a higher con¬ 
dition than in the exhibitions of the two 
Societies during the last six years, and’ this I 
fearlessly challenge any critic to gainsay.— 
E. S. Dodwell, 11 Chatham Terrace , Lark- 
hall Else, Clapham. 
RUSSIAN APPLES. 
« HE following varieties of Apples of 
Russian origin were described some 
short time since in the Revue Horticolei 
and may perhaps, some of them, be useful for 
the purpose of hybridizing, if not otherwise 
desirable as early sorts. 
Lanterne transparente. —Fruit medium¬ 
sized, regularly pyramidal, strongly ribbed, 
about 2-g- in. high ; stalk much exceeding the 
cavity, which is small and rather deep; eye 
broadly open, almost level with the fruit, deep, 
with very long spreading divisions; skin 
smooth, of a pale nearly uniform yellow ; flesh 
yellowish white, acidulous, slightly sugary, be¬ 
coming mealy at extreme maturity. Ripe in 
the beginning of August; very distinct in 
shape and pretty. 
Transparente a Jour. —Fruit small, sub- 
spherical ; stalk very long, in a small cavity; 
eye closed in a rather deep depression; skin 
uniformly of a yellowish green; flesh white, 
very slightly greenish; with abundant and 
rather tart juice. Ripe in August. 
Transparente a Jour Blanc. —Fruit fur¬ 
nished with rounded angles, largish, beautiful 
in appearance, sometimes a little inequilateral, 
longer than broad ; stalk thin, in a narrow 
deep cavity, which it surpasses ; skin shining, 
of a yellowish green or dim yellow, striped or 
banded -with vinous red on the parts strongly 
exposed to the sun ; flesh greenish white, with 
abundant, sugary, slightly acidulous juice. 
Ripe in August and September. 
Transparente a Jour de Riga. —Fruit 
medium-sized, or large, conical, almost pointed, 
strongly and regularly furnished with rounded 
angles ; stalk short, in a little cavity which it 
exceeds; eye level with the fruit, closed, skin 
smooth, even, shining, of a dull green, yellowish 
when ripe ; flesh white, tender, with a fine 
sugary, agreeable taste. Ripe in the first fort¬ 
night of August. A very fine fruit, of good 
quality.—M. 
A SELECTION OF POTATOS. 
N the following list will be found the name s 
of a select number of Potatos, which, for 
general purposes, may be considered as 
the best in their respective groups, if we exclude 
a few novelties which are as yet high in price. 
Concerning these novelties I may remark that 
Emerton s Advance , a very fine white kidney, is 
a bond fide seedling, and though much in the 
way of King of Potatos, is a decidedly heavier 
cropper ; it will be found an excellent garden 
variety. T Vormleighton Seedling is, I fear, but 
Magnum Bonum under another name, though 
reputed to be distinct, but the difference, if any 
exists, will be fully tested during the coming 
summer. Feltham White is an excellent early 
white round, that will make a capital early 
garden variety, being of good constitution, and 
cropping remarkably well. Beaut'/ of Kent is a 
distinct and valuable coloured round, which I 
have found to be of excellent quality, and well 
worthy of cultivation. 
Of the American novelties, the new pink 
kidney Mr. Breesee tops them all; it is fault- 
