There are so many new things constantly brought up before the horticultural world, and so much humbug about a great majority of them, that it is with some diffidence I present to the public a description of the Jenny Lind Seedling Strawberry. It has been exhibited for three successive seasons in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's rooms, and the writer, a member of the Fruit Committee, has had frequent opportunities to test and compare it with other varieties. It is entirely distinct from any other sort in cultivation here. It possesses many excellences, and, in my humble opinion, is worthy of general cultivation. One of our first confectioners, who deals largely in ice creams, and who has used this as well as other varieties of Strawberries to flavor them with, says it is the best sort grown for that purpose. This speaks well for its flavor. The Fruit Committee have repeatedly recommended it; and gentlemen who have seen it, speak in high terms of its appearance, and would gladly have paid a high price to be in possession of it; but as yet the originator, Mr. Isaac Fat, of Cambridgeport, has kept it in his own hands.

It will, however, be for sale this spring.

The seed from which it was obtained, was from a cross of Mr. Fay's old seedling and the Early Virginia, Fay's old seedling was a large Strawberry but little known, and not considered equal to some other seedlings, and did not receive much attention, but possessed some good qualities, particularly the size. The Jenny Lind does not come up in size to this seedling, but is larger than the Early Virginia, and a most abundant bearer, ripening fall as early, and equal to it in sweetness, if not superior. Out of more than two thousand plants obtained from seed, sown five years since, this one alone produced fruit the following summer; and it has continued to bear and increase in its good qualities ever since, flourishing equally in the shade as in the sun -some of the best fruit and plants having been under the thick foliage of fruit trees.

The plant is very hardy, with luxuriant foliage, sending out strong, stout runners. The leaves are quite large, on tall stems, and more serrated than common varieties. The blossoms are staminate; nearly all set fruit, and form well developed berries. The fruit averages well as to size, quite large, solid, of a fine conical shape. The color is of a rich crimson. The surface of the fruit is smooth and glossy. Seed - considerably indented. Flavor - superior; good judges who have tested it think it is not surpassed. It has ripened the eighth day of June for the last two years.

This Strawberry will commend itself by its earliness and hardiness, by its beauty and high flavor, by its being an extraordinary and prolific bearer, and on account of the size and evenness of its berries.