cal, sometimes slightly ribbed and frequently will measure twelve inches in circumference; stalk about three fourths of an inch, set in a broad deep cavity. Eye deeply set in a broad deep basin. Color pale green in the shade— dark red on the sunny side. Those fully exposed to the sun are entirely covered with a fine deep red. Flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy and high flavored, with a peculiar musky perfume. The Farmer says-" This, like all popular fruits, is counterfeited by the men and boys who sell fruit around the streets and corners, and every apple they can find that in any way resembles the Northern Spy is so called." To show you how much prized amongst us, I need only say that while other apples-such as "Swaars," "Spitzembergs," "BellFlowers," "Seek-no-Further," and other choice fruit, sell for one dollar per barrel, the "Spys" bring from two dollars and fifty cents to three dollars per barrel. Our Farmers and Horticulturists have been grafting of this fruit to a great extent, and in two years more it will be quite plenty and will still command a high price.

"The samples sent are taken from a barrel of a lot of sixtyeight barrels, which I purchased this season, and I have been particularly gratified that I have had it in my power to send them abroad.

"They have been admired in New York, Albany, Connecticut, Michigan, and I presume in Europe, as some have been sent there, and those I now send you I hope shall find favor in the eyes of the Bostonians."

We add our description from specimens before us :

Size, large, about two and a half inches deep, and three and a half broad Form, roundish conical, flat and broad at the base, tapering much towards the crown, which is small: Skin, fair, smooth, yellow on the shady side, but nearly covered with bright glossy red and distinct stripes of rich purplish crimson extending nearly to the eye: often having a blotch of russet around the stem, and covered with yellow scattered specks: Stem, short, about half an inch, rather slender, and very deeply inserted in a large wide open cavity: Eye, small, and rather deeply sunk in a medium-sized, somewhat ribbed, and abruptly depressed hollow: Flesh, yellowish white, fine, crisp and tender: Juice, plentiful, and brisk, of a rich subacid,

possessing a peculiarly delicious aromatic flavor Core, medium size, rather open. Ripe in January, and keeps till June.

III. RED CANADA.

The Red Canada (fig. 11), is a new fruit, recently introduced from the vicinity of Toronto. Our specimens, which

Fig. 12. Red Canada Apple.

are very handsome, were sent us by the kindness of our correspondent, J. W. Bissell of Rochester, to whom we have before acknowledged our indebtedness for similar favors. His letter accompanying the apples gives the following information in relation to this variety :

"It gives me great pleasure to send you some specimens of the Red Canada apple. Though not as much puffed, they are more of a favorite than the Northern Spy, and such as I now send you sell readily at two cents each. The branches of the tree are bright colored and the shoots very slender. Season, January to April. The first scions were brought here many years since by Hall Colby, from near Toronto, C. W. where the apple is supposed to have originated.”

The apples are large, fair and handsome, and of superior excellence; but upon a careful comparison with the Northern Spy, Baldwin, and other first-rate sorts, we are inclined to give the preference to the Spy. The Red Canada is a firmer

fleshed and less acid apple, but it is wanting in that peculiarly rich and delicious aroma which places the Spy, in our estimation, among the very best apples which have yet been brought to notice.

Size, large, about two and a half inches deep and three broad: Form, roundish, flat and slightly rubbed at the base, narrowing a little towards the crown: Skin, fair, smooth, dull yellowish green in the shade, covered with dull red on the sunny side, with some indistinct stripes of a brighter tint, and rather thickly covered with large, prominent, yellow specks: Stem, short, about half an inch, rather slender, and inserted in a moderately deep, somewhat open cavity: Eye, quite small, closed, and slightly sunk in a very small, shallow, furrowed basin'; segments of the calyx long: Flesh, greenish white, fine, firm, and breaking: Juice, very abundant, brisk, pleasantly acid and high flavored. Core, medium size, rather close. Ripe from January to April.

ART. VI. Descriptive Account of Prince's Paragon Peach. By W. R. PRINCE, Flushing, L. I.

I PROMISED you, some time since, a description of Prince's Paragon peach, and now transmit the same. I am positive as to the fact that the variety which has been disseminated by some under this name, is erroneous, and I doubt whether the true kind is in any nursery collection, unless received from this establishment.

PRINCE'S PARAGON PEACH.-A freestone; large size, perfect oval; skin yellowish green, red next the sun; groove slightly depressed, deepening at the extremity with a distinct mamelon; a rounded cavity at the stem of moderate depth; flesh white, red at the stone, very juicy, sweet, rich, and luscious, surpassed by very few; stone large, rough, of a dull reddish brown hue; ripens September 15th to 22d; flowers large; glands globose. The tree is very vigorous, attains a large size, and bears moderately, thus allowing each fruit a full expansion.

Linnæan Bot. Gard. and Nurs., Flushing, L. I., Dec. 1846.

ART. VII. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of New and beautiful Plants, figured in foreign periodicals; with Descriptions of those recently introduced to, or originated in, American gardens.

In our notices of new plants in our past volumes, we have endeavoured to make our pages a record of nearly everything which has been introduced into foreign collections; fully describing those worthy of general cultivation, and briefly those of mere botanical interest. To enable us to do this, we have incurred much expense in procuring the various periodical works devoted to the subject, and it has been our object to make this article interesting to all: such, we believe, it has been. But the researches of collectors have been carried so far, that of the many plants which have been recently introduced, only a few of those figured, in comparison with the whole, possess that beauty which commends them to the attention of the amateur, and as our room is somewhat restricted by an increasing number of contributors, we shall hereafter, in order to enable us to keep up with their publication, only describe those plants which appear really worthy of introduction into gardens.

1. FUCHSIA MACRA'NTHA Hooker Large flowered Fuchsia, (Onagraceæ.)

A green-house plant; growing four feet high; with rosy crimson flowers; appearing all summer a native of Peru; increased by cuttings; grown in loam and leaf mould; Pax Mag. Bot. xiii. p. 97.

This is one of the most splendid fuchsias that has yet been introduced. Though quite distinct from others, "it most resembles F. fúlgens, being dwarf, and similar in habit; but it differs from that species in its very dark green foliage, and the gay color, and uneven length of its flower tubes. In this latter respect, it comes near to F. corymbiflòra, but the form of inflorescence in the two species is quite different, and completely so the color of the flowers;" F. macrántha being of a rich glowing rosy crimson. The flowers when well grown are full six inches long, and the whole contour of the plant is one of great beauty. It will probably prove a valuable species for hybridization. It is as easily cultivated as the common

varieties, and blossoms abundantly. It was introduced from Peru, and is well worthy a place in every collection of plants. (Pax. Mag. June.)

2. AZALEA OBTU'SA Lindl. Blunt-leaved Azalea, (Ericàceæ.)

A green-house shrub; growing three feet high; with red flowers; appearing in spring: a native of China: increased by cuttings; grown in rough sandy peat. Bot. Reg. 1846 t. 35.

This is one of the azaleas introduced by Mr. Fortune from China, and in addition to its other merits, it has that of being "sweet scented like a Sweet briar." It is described, “as the gayest of all the Chinese azaleas in cultivation. It is a little bush, with very blunt leaves, both smaller and narrower in proportion than we find upon the species already in our gardens, and also smaller flowers of the most glowing red." It is a free flowerer, and of dwarf habit. The species requires the same treatment as A. Danielsiàna, viz. to be potted in rough sandy peat, and the wood well ripened. It is increased by cuttings in the usual way. (Bot. Reg. July.)

3. BEGO NIA AʼLBO COCCINIA Hooker White and Scarlet Begonia, (Begonidceæ.)

A stove plant; growing two feet high; with white and scarlet flowers: appearing in summer : a native of India, increased by cuttings; grown in peat and leaf mould. Bot. Reg. 1846 t. 39.

The tribe of begonias is but little cultivated in American collections; yet there are some species of great beauty, and as they flourish well in our climate under green-house treatment, it is to be regretted that they are not oftener seen. The present subject is one of great splendor; having the outside of the calyx vivid scarlet, and the inside of that organ and the petals of a snowy whiteness, thus presenting a great contrast. For bouquets, it would be invaluable. The treatment of this family is simple: merely keeping them in a warm and dry place in winter, starting them into growth in little heat in February, and keeping them in the green-house in summer, where they will form the finest objects among achimenes, gloxinias, &c. This species should be immediately introduced. (Bot. Reg. July.)

4. CALYSTE GIA PUBESCENS Lindl. Downy Bindweed, (Con

volvulaceæ,)

A half hardy climbing plant; growing six feet high; with pink flowers: appearing in July and August: a native of China; increased by the root; grown in any good soil. Bot. Reg. 1846 t. 42.

"This is the first plant of its order that has been found, pro