Hardy Apples In Minnesota

In the transactions of the Hennepin County Horticultural Society, Minnesota, Peter M. Gideon, Esq., gives as his experience (and which is apparently concurred in by the Society), that the past winter was the most severe upon fruit-trees of any experienced. Among the apples that have stood best, the Crabs come first, next Duchess of Olden-burgh, followed by Winesap, Blue Pear-main, and last, Red Astrachan, which has proved the most tender. The same authority sets hardy seedlings as ranging at about one in 40,000 capable of the same endurance as the varieties named.

Hardy Azaleas

Few know the beauty of Azaleas except as they have occasionally seen them in a green-house or conservatory; once in a while we meet a man who remembers in early youth the beautiful flowers of his New England rocky dells, where and from which he gathered and eat as a boy excrescences under the name of Swamp Apples. Recently we visited a gentleman, originally from Connecticut, but now a resident in one of our Western States, where we saw a collection of Azaleas that, although not rivaling New England dells in numbers, yet excelled them all in beauty, because of the great variety of shades in color, from a light pink, almost white, to a rich red, and from a straw color to the deep yellow of pontica, all hardy, all growing in open ground and in no other than good light loamy garden soil. It is one of the most beautiful shrubs we have, and we hope our notice will draw attention of planters to its more general introduction.

Hardy Clematis

There are near forty species of hardy clematis in European collections, bnt it is uncertain whether they are so here. The following list may be relied on: C. Virginiana, Sieboldii (two varieties, azurea and bicolor), cam-pannlata, ccerulea, flamula, florida, florida pleno, Hendersonii, Vitalba, Viticella, V. coerulea, V. rubra, V. violacea, V. purpurea, glauca, montana, crispa, smilacoafolia, and yiorna.

Hardy Fruit - Grapes

The points of all the leading shoots should now be pinched out, and thin out some of the lateral er side shoots on the fruit bearing branches, so that a free circulation of ait may reach the fruit, bat not by any means endeavor to expose it fully to the sun. It will ripen more perfectly, and attain a deeper color under the shade of the leaves. It is not too late yet to cut out some of the bunches, if the crop is too heavy; the grape is a free and large bearer, but a continued yearly supply can only be insured by allowing regular and moderate crops.

Hardy Grapes, For Out-Door Culture

Catawba

Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Geo., 0. W., Mass., Del., New Jersey, Conn.

Isabella

Ohio, Mo., Iowa, Geo., Mich., C. W., Mass., Del., N. J., Vermont, Conn.

Clinton

Michigan, Canada West.

Elsinboro

Delaware, New Jersey.

Hardy Green Or Hammersmith

Small, close, and solid head, leaves bright green, very hardy, good for winter.

Hardy Herbaceous Annuals

The Agriculturist remarks that those of this class, with variegated foliage, are rare. None that we have seen equals the variegated Comfrey, Symphytum peregrinum. It is bright and pleasing from early spring until late autumn, and never shows any signs of deterioration.