. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. ears trial,he considered it nearly, if not quite equal,to the old White Doyerme, or St. Michael. When we add to this, that the tree isthrifty, and a good and regular bearer, and Fig. P7. The Healheot Pear. 53 418 NEW OR RARE HARDY SHRUBS. that the fruit does not crack or blight, evenin situations where many foreign varieties arevery subject to those defects, we cannot but consider the Heathcot,worthy of being adopt-ed into the select list of fruits, of the firstquality, for orchard and market cultivation. NEW OR RARE HARDY SHRUBS.
. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. ears trial,he considered it nearly, if not quite equal,to the old White Doyerme, or St. Michael. When we add to this, that the tree isthrifty, and a good and regular bearer, and Fig. P7. The Healheot Pear. 53 418 NEW OR RARE HARDY SHRUBS. that the fruit does not crack or blight, evenin situations where many foreign varieties arevery subject to those defects, we cannot but consider the Heathcot,worthy of being adopt-ed into the select list of fruits, of the firstquality, for orchard and market cultivation. NEW OR RARE HARDY SHRUBS. I. THE ROUGH-LEAVED DEUTZIA.* Deulzia scabra. This is one of the greatest acquisitions of thelast ten years, to our list of fine hardy is a native of Japan, and like most plantsfrom that country, bears our northern win-ters without the slightest Fi^. 98. Deutzia scabra. The Deutzia belongs to the same naturalorder as the Syringo, [PhiladelphacecB,) andconsiderably resembles that old and deserv-ed favorite of the garden ; but it is a far morerefined and delicate looking shrub in its * Named in honor of John Deitz, sheriff of Amsterdam,and a patron of gardening. blossoms, and its habit of growth, than thecommon Syringo. The blossoms are purewhite, and are produced in the month ofMay in the greatest profusion, in a kind ofgarland-like cluster, at the end of everybranch. The shrub grows about six feethigh, and forms a neat bushy head, of darkgreen foliage. It is very easily propagated by cuttingsand layers, and may be found now in mostof the nurseries. We advise those who donot possess it, to obtain it immediately. Itgrows in any tolerable garden soil. n. THE DOUBLE CRIMSON CURRANT. Ribes sailguineiim flare plena. This new and charming variety of theCrimson Flowering Currant, is a seedling,raised in Scotland, from R. sangui7imm,
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