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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ March, 
introduced by Mr. Rivers, deserves commenda¬ 
tion as a table fruit ripening in September ; it 
is yellow, with a crimson cheek and streaks, 
and tender yellow, briskly-flavoured perfumed 
flesh, and, according to Dr. Hogg, should be 
found in every garden. 
Pears _There has been no actual novelty 
of any merit brought forward. Auguste Jurie 
received honours as a large, obtuse obovate, 
yellowish-green, well-flavoured variety, ripening 
very early (middle of August), and valuable on 
that account. Vineuse , a Belgian Pear, of 
some years’ standing, of large size and most 
excellent quality, is deserving of mention ; as 
is Rivers’ Fertility , a new variety of great 
promise, obovate, bright cinnamon russet, with 
half-melting flesh and perfumed juice. 
Raspberries.— -Baumforth’ s Seedling, figured 
in our last volume, is recommended for its 
great size and productiveness, its fine colour, 
and its delicious flavour. 
New Vegetables. 
Peas. —These favourite vegetables have been 
much improved of late, thanks mainly to Mr. 
Laxton—who set the ball rolling in earnest, 
and who is now sending out two fine new 
varieties ; one, named John Bull , a large- 
podded, blue wrinkled marrow, is of the same 
parentage as Marvel, and is remarkable for its 
fertility; the other, called Minimum , a very 
dwarf and productive early wrinkled white 
marrow, is a variety of excellent flavour. The 
Baron , another of Mr. Laxton’s seedlings, long 
over-due, is this year to be sent out by Messrs. 
Veitch. Carter s Pride of the Market is a won¬ 
derfully fine dwarf round blue marrow, very 
robust, and an extraordinary cropper, like Stra¬ 
tagem , its twin-brother. Days Early Sunrise , a 
dwarf white wrinkled marrow, is highly spoken 
of; and there are both novelty and considerable 
merit in Tipping’s Cleopatra and Distinction , 
both tall green marrows, with large green peas, 
in broad curved pods. 
Broad Beans. — Carters Leviathan Windsor 
is an acquisition, being very prolific, with long 
and broad pods. 
Broccoli. — Ledshaw’s White is one of the 
hardiest and best varieties in cultivation, with 
small, solid, white, closely protecting heads. 
Brussels Sprouts. —The trial of these at 
Chiswick served to show, in a remarkable man¬ 
ner, the decided superiority of certain stocks. 
The best were the Aighurth or Otterspool, of 
medium growth; Dalkeith Improved , dwarf 
and robust ; Scrymgeour’s Giant Improved, 
robust, with broad glaucous leaves ; and 
Crago's Favourite , a fine dwarf sort. 
Capsicums. —The Yellow of Nocera of Hen¬ 
derson is a very beautiful variety, the fruits 
large, yellow, and erect; but whether it is as 
useful as ornamental is not known. 
Cucumbers. —Amongst these we have Sel- 
borne Rival , resembling Blue Gown, large and 
handsome ; Montrose Seedling , and many more 
promising aspirants. 
Onions. —The Zittau Giant Yellow of Benary 
is a fine-looking sort, and is said to keep well. 
Shallots. —There is absolute novelty and 
improvement in Pond’s Jersey White. 
Beets. — Messrs. Rutley and Silverlock’s 
Green s Selected is a very fine sort, and an 
acquisition. 
Potatos. —The interest which has been 
taken in this most important vegetable has 
resulted in the raising of a great number of 
new varieties in this country and in America, 
so that we are literally overdone with them. 
Deans Lord Mayor , a seedling between Early 
Rose and Early Market, is a large white round¬ 
ish heavy-cropping variety. Carter s Holborn 
Favourite , of American origin, is a very hand¬ 
some long flattened white late variety, and an 
enormous cropper. Lye’s Wiltshire Snowflake 
is a large handsome roundish white variety, 
good in quality, and an immense cropper. 
These are regarded as some of the more im¬ 
portant.—M. 
ACER GINNALA. 
)N a very useful series of papers on the 
IQ 1 ro Maples, by Mr. Nicholson, now being pub- 
lished in the Gardeners’ Chronicle , this 
plant is treated as a variety of A. tataricum. 
That, it is well known, is a small tree, growing 
from 20 ft. to 30 ft. high, and remarkable for 
its early leafing. The doubly serrate leaves 
are either three-lobed (in young trees), or 
usually more or less heart-shaped, acuminate, 
of a dark shining green above, paler beneath. 
The red samarse, or winged fruits, which follow 
the small greenish-yellow flowers, are very 
attractive in September and October, and the 
abundance in which they are generally pro¬ 
duced, renders the tree quite conspicuous in the 
landscape at that season. The autumn tints 
of the leaves are reddish-yellow and brown. 
The variety Ginnala represented in the 
annexed woodcut, the A cer Ginnala of Maximo- 
wicz, a native of the Amoor river, has the 
leaves triangular-hastate, the divisions, espe- 
cially the larger anterior one, being lobed and 
toothed. The leaf-stalks and midrib are red, 
and in autumn the decaying foliage assumes a 
splendidly glowing ruby-red colour, which in 
the sunlight is singularly beautiful. There is 
no other Maple so resplendent in its autumn 
hues, for which reason it should be planted in 
every collection of hardy trees. No more 
striking object for the front part of a shrubbery- 
