. The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. has a rich brown color. 3go4 Melon Street, Philadelphia. EDITORIAL NOTES. The English Oak.—This grows to a large sizein the British Isles. An old trunk was taken out of the bed of the river Dee at Aberdeen in Scot-land, recently, that was twenty-nine feet piece was thirty feet in length. Cerasus serotina.—Few trees are better kpownthan the wild cherry. As a timber tree, it oughtto have a preeminent place, for it is of great valuein furniture, and is not far behind mahogany inthe beauty of its appearance. For fire-wood ithas few equals—and
. The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. has a rich brown color. 3go4 Melon Street, Philadelphia. EDITORIAL NOTES. The English Oak.—This grows to a large sizein the British Isles. An old trunk was taken out of the bed of the river Dee at Aberdeen in Scot-land, recently, that was twenty-nine feet piece was thirty feet in length. Cerasus serotina.—Few trees are better kpownthan the wild cherry. As a timber tree, it oughtto have a preeminent place, for it is of great valuein furniture, and is not far behind mahogany inthe beauty of its appearance. For fire-wood ithas few equals—and then there is that virtue sodear to the American heart, that it grows fast. Wedo not know of any serious disease that troublesit—and of no insect that makes it a special objectof attack. The allied species, P. Virginiana, thedwarfer choke cherry, is subject to the blackknot, but we have never known that this specieshas it. We give with this, an illustration of a weepingvariety that we think will be as popular as the ^<*i-&fe^. Cerasus serotina pendula. Kilmarnock Weeping Willow, Though a seedlingof a native American species, it made its appear-ance in Germany, and has been from there intro-duced into our country. We give the illustrationin this department, as part of the history of avery valuable timber tree, though of course thevariety will be in demand solely as an ornamentto grounds as the willow is. AND HORTICULTURIST. 309 Natural History and Scienck COMMUNICATIONS. EFFECT OF SEED FROM DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE PLANT. BY JOHN LANE. In answering the inquiry, page 279 Septembernumber Gardeners Monthly, My early lifewas full of experimenting, improving and patent-ing in manufacturing agricultural implements ;and when a few years since I retired to growingflowers, for fun, I naturally wanted to excel andhave the best. It is often my custom to save two selections ofseed, planting of both separately. In Asters, itsmost marked result,—two years ago I selected a
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