230 TUE FLORIST. 



Raspberries. — My Raspberry canes last year died back fully one- 

 third, and I have a very inferior crop. What am I to do? R. — 

 Your Raspberries, like many others, were attacked by mildew ; as a 

 preventive for another season, thin out the old wood at once, and wash 

 the present year's canes with the Gishurst Compound advertised in 

 our columns, dissolving 2 «z. to the gallon of water, and syringe them 

 over two or three times at intervals of a week between ; a strong solution 

 of soapsuds mixed with sulphur would do — the former is preferable. 

 The disease has been very general this year. 



Broccoli. — I should very much reduce the list of Broccolies in your 

 last. Had I the privilege of recommending I should say the following 

 would answer every purpose : — Purple, white, and pink Cape. Sow in 

 May and June where they are to stand ; season, October to Christmas. 

 Snow's Winter. Sow in April and May, earlier north of the Trent ; will 

 last from November to February, and even March, and is unequalled. 

 Frogmore Protecting (true). Sow as above ; lasts from February to 

 April ; the best of its season. Dalmeny. The largest and most 

 compact Broccoli for the season ; March, April, and May. Mitchell's 

 hardy Cauliflower will succeed this in May. 



Cloth of Gold Rose. — In reference to the pruning or non -pruning of 

 this Rose producing blooms, I may observe that la^t year I budded a 

 strong-growing Bourbon Rose, which had been planted at the end of 

 my house by mistake, with a score of buds of this Rose, every one of 

 which has produced a truss of bloom. on shoots not more than five or 

 six inches long, Whether this is to be attributed to the kind of stock 

 or the warm aspect (south-east), or the dry nature of the soil, your 

 readers must decide. I have the same results with Lamarque. 



TUNBRIDGE WELLS HORTICUTURAL FETE. 

 This exhibition, which took place in July, was honoured by the 

 presence of the ex-Queen of the French, and other members of the late 

 royal family of France, including the Due d'Aumale, the Comte d'Eu, 

 &c. ; and, the day being remarkably fine, was attended by between 

 4000 and 5000 visitors. The plants were staged in a large tent in the 

 grounds of the Calverley Park Hotel ; the band of the Royal Artlillery 

 attended, and the scene was a very gay one. At eleven o'clock the 

 tents were cleared, and the adjudication began, the judges being the 

 Rev. H. H. Dombrain of Deal, and Mr. Cox, gardener to W. Wells, 

 Esq., Redleaf. 



The plants exhibited on the occasion would, we hesitate not to say, 

 not have disgraced the exhibitions at the Crystal Palace, or the Regent's 

 Park. In floricultural language, nothing could have been better 

 "done" than some of those which obtained the chief prize, in Mr. 

 McMurdo's collection, especially the Allamanda cathartica, and Stepha- 

 notis floribunda, which were very fine, while the Vincas of Mr. Reed 

 were a model of good growth. In the collection of six greenhouse and 

 stove plants there was in those which obtained the first prize a beau- 

 tifully bloomed plant of Ixora coccinea, while the Medinilla of Alderman 



