56 THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. [MARCH, 



their freedom of culture and adaptation to decorative purposes, either as cut 

 flowers, or for conservatory embellishment. 



The former of these plants, as the nam3 implies, is deliciously scented, and 

 consequently valuable for bouquets ; it is, moreover, the first to flower in autumn. 

 After flowering, the plants should be freely cut back early in the season, and 

 encouraged to break in a gentle heat. As soon as the latent buds have pushed, 

 they should be repotted, shaking the soil from the roots, freely pruning them 

 back, and planting them in pots commensurate with their reduced state. A suit- 

 able soil may be composed of two parts turfy loam to one of peat and leaf -mould, 

 adding sand and fine charcoal to maintain porosity. Plunged in a mild bottom- 

 heat near to the glass, and attended with careful watering, these will quickly 

 become established, and grow vigorously. 



It is desirable to stop and regulate the shoots in the earlier stages of growth, 

 30 as to ensure well-furnished, compact gx'owth. Plants of considerable size may 

 be produced, if stimulated by frequent shifts and richer soil, as the roots attain 

 strength. But it is important with the earliest set, intended to flower in autumn, 

 to give but one shift, and to encourage early maturation, by gradually exposmg 

 them to a free circulation of air in a cool house during the summer. By such 

 treatment they will be induced to flower early without forcing. I find that this 

 variety expands and retains its blooms in the greatest perfection in a temperature 

 of from 45° to 50°. Nice fresh plants for succession may be grown from cut- 

 tings the first season, and for decorative purposes, being in small pots, these are 

 the most acceptable. 



The E. riparium very fitly succeeds E. gracile odoratum, as to time of 

 flowering, and is much hardier, of a fine habit, and exceedingly effective, with 

 such a prolific tendency to bloom, that even plants in small pots are profusely 

 covered with its snowy clusters of flower-heads. 



These remarkably neat and serviceable plants cannot be too strongly recom- 

 mended, blossoming as they do at a time when flowers are so much in demand, 

 .and not over plentiful. — Geo. Westland, Witlei/ Court. 



EIVERS' LARGE MONTHLY RASPBERRY. 



DO not think the merits of Rivers' Large Monthly Maspherrij as an autumn 

 fruit is by any means sufiiciently appreciated, for it is but seldom that one 

 meets with it in gardens, where it might be expected to be looked upon as 

 a most useful and indispensable adjunct to the dessert, being as it were, a 

 continuation of the summer fruit far into the autumn. 



I have tried other kinds of autumn Easpberries, but none have proved of such 

 sterling quality as Elvers', which never fails, whatever the season, in rewarding 

 me with an abundant crop from the middle of September until late in November, 

 when it is usually finished for the season by a frost sharper than usual. I have 

 even gathered good fruit from the undersides when the tops have been covered 

 with ice. It is also quite as valuable for the kitchen, so that none of the fruit 



