Read's Block Pine, and a number of other new varieties have not been sufficiently tested for me to express an opinion.

The Foreign varieties which I have tried, and which were procured from an English nurseryman of high reputation, have generally failed with me. Ajax, Admiral Dundas, Goliath, Hooper's Seedling, Compte de Paris, and Ruby, are all injured in the foliage by the sun; and Sir Harry, which sold two years ago at six dollars for a dozen plants, is absolutely worthless. Possibly some of them may do better after being fully naturalized.

As the result of my limited experience, I place Scarlet Magnate at the head of the list for the average of all qualities necessary to constitute a good strawberry. 1 have not had specimens of it yet to equal the six-inch-in-circumference berries of Hovey's Seedling or the seven-inch Peabodys which "we read about," but never see. I am confident, however, that if ever Hovey or Peabody have attained these sizes, the Magnate may with proper culture be brought to equal size. One great peculiarity of this berry is its solidity and weight; another, is the uniformity of its size. While it has not yet produced any six-inch berries, it is difficult to find many less than three inches in circumference.