Emily

Described by some nurserymen as a white grape, which it is not, being red like Catawba; had no taste of it yet, but know it to be one of the most vigorous of growers, I have vines, struck in the house last February, from eyes that are now ten feet high.

The Emma Cheney Dahlia

We have been greatly disappointed in not being able to give this beautiful Dahlia as a Frontispiece. We mean to do so yet for the sake of its merits. We had selected it from among Mr. Richardson's choice collection of seedlings as a representative Dahlia, being, indeed, one that will take a lasting hold on the affections of the amateur. We are fairly in love with the beautiful object. Such of our readers as fail to get Emma Cheney will miss a treasure. While saying this, we do not mean to detract from the loveliness of Carrie Emmons, Debbie de Gray, Jeannie Tomkins, Mary Greene, and others; they are all charming. Did we not select and name them 1 And did we ever give a female name to any plant that was not beautiful and good? Never mind what that ugly Pratiquor says, but buy all the fruits and flowers that we give female names to.

Enfield Market

A good and early sort, of very delicate flavor, bat not quite so hardy as the two last. Plant eighteen inches asunder.

English And Portugal Laurels

Our ordinary winters, both these beautiful Evergreens will stand with impunity, but such a winter as the past (1855-6), they are levelled to the snow-line, which, from their beauty, is much to be regretted; they should, however, be cultivated extensively South, which their beauty richly merits - Nov. 1856.

English And Scotch Acres

The English acre contains 4,840 square

Answers to Correspondents.

An English National School-House

A quiet, quaint, homelike affair, which, under the deep shade of ancient Elms, looks the very spirit of repose and meditation. But there are too many buttresses and leantos about it, to suit our " fast" notions in America, and it will rarely, if ever, be copied out of England. Besides that, the gables should be more deeply sheltered by the projecting eaves, indispensable to the due protection of the walls in our climate. With such addition, it would be a fitting model for a country school house in this country.

English Pomological Society

A Penological Society is about to be established in England to promote the culture and classification of hardy fruits. Sir Joseph Paxton has consented to become President Since the Presidency of Knight, the London Horticultural Society has given most of its attention to other departments of culture.

English Wine

At a late pomological meeting in London, Mr. Wilkins handed round some wine, which he said had been manufactured from his roots of Mangel Wurzel, and was but ten months old. " This," says the Chronicle, "for a light wine, was certainly very excellent, and, Mr. Wilkins declared, could be retailed at a profit at 6d. per quart bottle. A practical chemist from London stated his opinion that all it wanted was an astringent, which Mr. Wilkins said he had discovered in the hop root, and which would render it a wholesome beverage. We also tasted bread made of one-third of Mangel Wurzel and two-thirds flour, and which was certainly fully equal to the average quality." [We trust none of this wine will find its way to America. - Ed].