This is a natural cross between the Grizzly Frontignan and the Verdelhoe, the wine grape of Madeira. Bunch large, shouldered, loose; berry rather small, about half an inch in diameter, round, pale red; seed light cinnamon color; flavor rich, saccharine, highly purfumed; quality " best;" said to be as early as the Black July and the Pitmaston.

Mr. Allen deserves the thanks of Pemologists for having originated two varieties of grapes of such excellence; and being of native origin, they may prove, for out-door culture, better suited to the requirements of our climate than their transatlantic parents.

From H. W. S. Cleveland, Of Burlington, N. J

Fine specimens of strawberries without a name. Fruit large; roundish, sometimes ovate; dark red; seed of the same color, set in superficial depressions; calyx reflected; stamens persistent; flesh yellowish-white, saccharine, high flavored; quality "best" The fruit and leaf clearly indicate the variety to be a Hautbois - probably the Lafayette. It is to be regretted that this luscious class of strawberries is so little cultivated.

From Mr. Stuart

Beautiful specimens of strawberries - Hovey's Seedling, of last year's planting; some nearly four inches in circumference; quality " very good".

From Mr. Gerhard Schmitz, Of Philadelphia

Fine specimens of two of his seedling strawberries:

1. The Pennsylvania

This variety is a seedling of the Moyamensing, and was exhibited by Mr. Schmitz last season for the first time. Fruit large; broadly conical; dark crimson; seed crimson, and when shaded, yellow, set in depressions not very deep, with roundish intervals; flesh red; flavor fine; quality " best;" sexual character pistillate; leaf large, deep green, serra-tures crenate. The committee award a premium of five dollars to this variety, as the best few American seedling strawberry of superior quality, after two years' trial.

2. Sch,Otz's No. 8

A. seedling of the Washington, exhibited now for the first time. Fruit large; roundish ovate, sometimes inclining to conical; light crimson; seed crimson, often yellow, set in rather deep indentations, with intervals somewhat ridged; flesh pale red; flavor pleasant; quality " very good;" sexual character pistillate; leaf large, light green.

From Caleb Cope, Esq

Specimens of four varieties of strawberries:

1. Mcavoy's Superior

This variety originated with Mr. McAvoy, of Cincinnati, and was formerly known as his No. 12. In May, 1851, it received a premium of one hundred dollars from the Cincinnati Horticultural Society. Mr. Cope's specimens were of great size and beauty, some of them measuring five and a half inches in circumference. Fruit very large; roundish ovate, occasionally slightly necked; deep brilliant crimson; seed crimson, sometimes yellow, set in indentation not deep, except in the largest specimens, when the intervals are also somewhat ridged; flesh red; flavor exquisitely fine; quality "best;" sexual character pistillate.

2. Mcavoy's No. 1

Large; roundish; deep scarlet; light crimson seed; indentations rather deep, intervals not ridged; flesh whitish, partly stained with red; flavor agreeable; quality "good," perhaps "very good;" sexual character pistillate. An abundant bearer.

3. Mcavoy's Extra Red

Large; roundish; scarlet; seed red, sometimes yellowish; indentations tolerably deep, intervals somewhat rounded; flesh yellowish, slightly stained; sub-acid flavor; quality only " good;" pistillate; extraordinarily productive.

4. Longworth's Prolific

This fine variety originated with Mr. Schneicke, of Cincinnati, and was formerly known as Schneicke's Hermaphrodite. Very large; roundish ovate; brilliant crimson; seed of the same color, sometimes yellowish, set in rather deep indentations with rounded intervals; flesh red; flavor fine; quality " very good." A variety of great excellence; perfect in its sexual organization, and remarkably productive, a rare circumstance with staminate varieties of large size.

From Mr. Robert Bitot

Fine specimens of two varieties of strawberries - McAvoy's Superior and McAvoy's No. 1; described above.

From Mr. Henry A. Dreer

A dish of the Moyamensing strawberry. This fine variety originated with Mr. Gerhard Schmitz of this city, and took the premium offered by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society for the best seedling strawberry exhibited in 1848. Fruit rather large; roundish-conical; deep crimson; seed crimson, set in rather deep depressions, with rounded intervals; flesh red; flavor very fine; quality " best;" sexual character pistillate; leaf large, with crenate serratures.

From Dr. E. W. Carpenter, Lancaster

The Triumph of Cumberland cherry, a native of Cumberland county, Penn. Specimens fine. Large; obtuse heart-shaped, sometimes roundish, compressed at the sides; deep crimson, almost purple when fully ripe; suture indistinct; stem rather long, slender, inserted in a broad, open cavity; apex slightly depressed; stone roundish-oval, compressed; flesh rather solid, red, slightly adherent to the stone; flavor fine; quality "best;" period of maturity about the middle of June.