The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . thos),as a timber tree ? — We do not know that this tree has ever been planted fortimber; but the wood is extremely hard and solid like the yellow locust, andapparently as durable. Though of slower growth than the common locust, wewould recommend its trial, as it is free from the borer which has ruined the seeds should be selected from the thornless variety, and from tall andstraight trees. We think the experiment highly promising. J. H. B., Dyer, Ind. — Can you give me any information concerning the Mexican Everbearing
The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . thos),as a timber tree ? — We do not know that this tree has ever been planted fortimber; but the wood is extremely hard and solid like the yellow locust, andapparently as durable. Though of slower growth than the common locust, wewould recommend its trial, as it is free from the borer which has ruined the seeds should be selected from the thornless variety, and from tall andstraight trees. We think the experiment highly promising. J. H. B., Dyer, Ind. — Can you give me any information concerning the Mexican Everbearing Strawberry, and whether it would do to cultivate it forprofit ?— We know nothing of this variety, but should say the berries were toosmall and the shape not desirable for a market-fruit. If any of our readersknow any thing about it, will they please give the information . C. H., Union Village, writes that he has had excellent success grafting thefiner kinds of grapes on wild-vines, late in the season, after the latter have madefour or five feet PINUS PONDEROSA AND P. BENTHAMIANA. By P. Barry, Rochester, Mr. Hoopes, in his recent treatise, The Book of Evergreens, seemsto regard these two noble CaUfornia pines as identical; enumerating ^<?;;//;^-tniana among the synonymes of poiidcrosa. I think this is an error, asboth are now well known in collections both in this countr} and Europe,and appear to be quite distinct. In 1854, I think, we imported P. pondcrosa from Europe. One of thosenow in our groundi is a splendid tree, upwards of thirty feet in 1855, or thereabouts, we procured from Mr. Beardsley, a well-knowncollector, a quantity of seeds of California trees, among which were bothof these pines. Of the JBetithamiana we raised about a thousand largest plant of this is about eight feet in height; but many that wesold must be much larger, as our tree was not planted where it now standsuntil our whole stock was about disposed of. The lea
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