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worked into the surface of the soil with a fork, without disturbing the 

 soil to the depth of more than four or five inches, but to this depth it 

 should be regularly turned over every year. If the operation is 

 neglected one year, it cannot afterwards be performed without destroying 

 the roots which have formed near the surface in the interval, and, 

 consequently, ruining the plantation. Suckers not required for future 

 bearing, or for a new plantation, should never be allowed to appear 

 much above the surface ; and in forking over the ground, they should 

 be traced and eradicated as near to their origin as it is possible to do 

 without injuring the root from which they spring. 



" Diseases and Insects. — The Raspberry, when planted in a suitable 

 soil and situation, and otherwise properly managed, is not liable to be 

 attacked by diseases ; and it rarely suffers any material injury from 

 insects. The grub of the Raspberry-bud (Tinea corticella, L.) occa- 

 sionally proves injurious to the crop by consuming the interior of the 

 flower-buds and the footstalk of the fruit, causing them to wither up 

 and die. About the end of May, the caterpillar enters into the pupa 

 state, and in a fortnight re- appears as a moth, which deposits its eggs 

 on the stems, but whether on the young or old wood is not known. 

 The larvae are produced early in August, and feed upon the leaves till 

 winter, when they conceal themselves, and in spring again attack the 

 young buds. The crop from the buds attacked being lost at any rate, 

 all that can be done is to prevent the recurrence of the evil, by pinching 

 the flower-buds in which the presence of the insect is indicated by their 

 withered appearance. The Raspberry-leaf miner (Foenusa pumila) 

 occasionally injures the plants by consuming the cellular tissue 

 contained between the upper and lower surfaces of the leaf, which, when 

 thus attacked, presents a blotched appearance, by which the presence 

 of the caterpillar is made apparent. Collecting and burning the leaves 

 affected is the most effectual remedy. The grub of another insect 

 (Byturus tomentosus) is very frequently found in the fruit, which it 

 does not attack till nearly ripe. No remedy is known." 



Let us add that the work is illustrated by coloured plates and 

 woodcuts, and when complete will form a very handsome volume. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S EXHIBITION, ST. JAMES'S 



HALL. 

 May 12 and 13. — Opinions will vary as to this show, but if one 

 may judge from the small number of visitors, public opinion is decidedly 

 against it ; and notwithstanding the oracular approbation of certain 

 very knowing parties, I think public opinion is right in this instance, 

 though I am very far from subscribing to the motto, " Vox populi, vox 

 Dei." When one compared the rush and crush at the same Hall on 

 the 1st of July last year, at the National Rose Show, the eagerness 

 with which Lords and Ladies, peers and commoners, amateurs and 

 gardeners, crowded round the tables then, with the very sparse scattering 

 of very aristocratic looking people, and their laissez /aire sort of way 

 of looking at the collection, one could not help feeling that the Horti- 



