The Florence Cherry

The Gardening World figures this old European variety, and wonders that it is not more known. It is given as forming a bunch of fruit over five inches wide, and with 21 cherries on the face view side of the bunch. Certainly if this is a fair sample of its average condition, it ought to be in American collections as well as more freely in those of Europe.

The Cumberland Strawberry

Mr. D. M. Dunning, after a good look through Rochester, regards the Cumberland as possessing the most desirable qualities for all purposes in that section.

We may here note, as an awful warning to those who will give fruits and flowers long and unweildly names, that this variety was originally named Cumberland Triumph, but the great public has cut it down one-half.

The Jones Pear

How long it takes for a good thing to get well known is illustrated by the Jones pear. Here is a variety that is full worthy to rank among winter pears as the Seckel does among autumn kind, and yet its name does not appear in any shape on the lists of the American Pomologi-cal Society.

Cauliflower, Chalon Perfection

Those who love pretty vegetables as well as handsome flowers regard this as a great advance in beauty over older kinds. The surface is as white as snow, and almost as smooth as ivory. The practical man loves it because it is said to make good heads in soil but of moderate fertility.

A New Bull-Nose Pepper

It is said that a new giant has been produced in the old world that has a fruit 7 to 8 inches long, and 4 to 5 inches broad. Good news for the lovers of pepper sauce.

The Salamander Lettuce

This variety is said to head under warm weather very well, when other varieties are disposed to run to seed.

The Yellow Locust

This is called false Acacia in Europe. A correspondent of the Garden wonders why the "rage" for planting this in Europe, so prevalent some years ago, has died out in the old world. In our country it is found useless for any work where nailing is required. It will not hold nails. It has no elasticity. It is good for posts that are simply bored to hold the rails. That is all.

Forest Destruction

Fire is a great destroyer in America, but storms of wind and rain are forest enemies in other parts of the world. In the immense plantations at Drumlanrig in Scotland, a tract containing 300,000 trees was destroyed two years ago. It is reported that it will take years to clear the ground of the dead trees.