Rare Trees

W. Wilson, (New-York.) The Virgilla is a nalive of Kentucky, and is perfectly hardy in any part of the northern states. It is one of the handsomest of all orna-mental trees - whether we consider its fine foliage or its lovely white blossoms. It is scarcer in the nurseries than it should be - considering the fact that there are several trees in the gardens about Philadelphia that hear seeds abundantly. J. M., (Buffalo.) The evergreen alluded to is the Himmaluyan Spruce (Abiei Smi-thiana) perfectly hardy and unsurpassed among spruces - being much more beautiful than the Norway spruce, in the same way. Pinus ex-celsa proves as hardy as the common white pine. The European Judas tree (Cercis sili-guaitrum) has larger and finer flowers than our native species. Plants may be had of Saui & Co., Newbnrgh.

Rasche Apple

Originated with W. Rasche. Leaf broad, rounded, oval, thick, and coarse. Young wood, dark brown red, with buds very prominent. Tree a strong grower, productive and hardy. Fruit medium, roundish, flattened at ends; surface with slight appearance as of being ribbed. Skin glossy, smooth, greenish yellow, with small, irregularly scattered gray dots, with a shade of deeper green suffused underneath around; faint traces of russet at the stem end. Stem, short. Cavity, regular, open, and rather deep. Calyx, closed. Basin, broad, open, deep, abrupt. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, juicy, mild, subacid, rich, and high-flavored. Core, medium, compact, close. Seeds, abundant. Season, December to March.

Raspberries And Bulbs

Mr. Andrew Bridgeman, 878 Broadway, forwarded us in October some fine plants of Bagley's Perpetual Raspberries, with the fruit upon them, but not in a state to compare them with the Catawissa, which bore until heavy frost. Bagleys we have not yet tasted, but hear from others a good account of them.

Mr. Bridgeman'8 bulbs are the largest and heaviest we have ever seen this country; the hyacinths and tulips are quite astonishing in these respects. By the way, from a single bulb received from Mr. B. last season, we had the pleasure of welcoming nine very handsome separate stalks of bloom!

Raspberries And Strawberries

For the earliest black-cap raspberry, take Davison's Thornless; medium season, Doolittle; late, Mammoth Cluster. Red varieties, Kirtland, Philadelphia and Fran-coma. Early Strawberries. Nicanor, Early Scarlet, Downer, French, and New Jersey Scarlet, then the Wilson; later, Kentucky, Triomphe de Gand, Peak's Emperor, Jucunda, Boyden's 30.

Raspberries For The South

" Woodman writes to Hearth and Home that the following are the favorite varieties : Philadelphia, Mammoth Cluster, Red Antwerp, Purple Cane - he rejects the Clarke entirely. Of the Mammoth Cluster he says: "It is the largest, sweetest and most abundant of its class; and as a canning fruit, is without a peer. In fact no one who has a cultivated taste for raspberry flavor can fail to discover the superiority of the black caps over all other kinds for canning.19