ED. Western Horticulturist: I see the Wilder Strawberry favorably spoken of, in a late number of the Horticulturist, as coming from the South. Let me state that, here, it is just going to be what was claimed for it. The hot, dry summon, here, are extremely hard on the strawberry plants, but the Wilder stands it nobly. It is, in all respects, a superb berry, and quite late. In picking, it seemed to me my box got full easier than common, and these all good sized to large berries. Seldom is a new strawberry first illustrated as modestly as this variety was. I hare had berries double the size of the illustration. • With Nicanor, Seth Boyden, Wilder, Russell, Kentucky, and such like, there need be no complaints of small or sour strawberries.

The Nicanor, when well grown in stools, is a superb berry - to my taste, one of the very best in quality. Albany is almost burned out with me, along side of Nicanor, Green Prolific, Seth Boyden, Russell and Wilder, all the others flourishing like a "Green Bay tree."

I must not omit mentioning that Green Prolific has always been fine, ever since I got it, with me; but wait until Monarch of the West, Star of the West, Cat and Jack, and some more of the new ones, come out, and then we will beat even these worthies. One rain in six weeks made things look quite dreary here, but last night and this day we are getting fine showers.

Bluffton, Mo. Samuel Miller.