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greatly troubled me, has not shown itself in 

 the guano culture, most probably from the 

 strong, healthy, and quick growth of the 

 plants. 



I might continue to enumerate otherplants 

 as being equally benefitted by this fertilizer. 

 The Cactus, the Grape, (I have twenty va- 

 rieties,) the Camellia, Oleander, Passiflora, 

 jlbutilon (seven feet high, in full bloom, 

 one year old,) Tree PcRonies, Fuchsias, &c., 

 &c. Indeed, there are no green-house 

 plants in my collection, which do not ap- 

 pear to show conclusively the marked ad- 

 vantage derived from this fertilizer. It is 

 so easy in appliance, so portable and so 

 cleanly, and withal so cheap, as to be 

 within the means of all cultivating plants ; 

 containing within itself the constituent ali- 

 ment necessary for the growth of stem, 

 flower, fruit and seed, it does indeed come 

 nearer to an universal compost than any 

 other known. 



It is, then, for the purpose of making 

 more generally known the virtues of this 

 fertilizer, and that the many amateur florists 

 like myself, may be put in possession of 

 these facts that I now trouble you. It has 

 been usual with me to keep a hogshead in 

 the stable for liquid manure, which has been 

 used against and compared with guano in 

 my experiments, but that is now abolished. 



My method of using and applying the 

 guano is this : To a barrel of good light 

 yellow loam, intermix thoroughly half a 

 bushel of well broken charcoal, and half a 



peck of good Peruvian guano. These 

 should be well worked together, dry, but 

 much as a man would temper mortar, ren- 

 dering all fine and free from lumps of the 

 guano, and kept in a box or barrel covered 

 up from the weather. It is fit for use im- 

 mediately, but is better by standing a few 

 weeks. In applying it, I use a trowel full 

 or more, according to the size of the plant, 

 pot, &c. In potting anew, use one third 

 compost to the amount of soil required, well 

 intermixed. When used in a liquid form, 

 it is better to mix for some days before using, 

 bearing in mind to so keep it, that it shall 

 not evaporate its volatile parts. A heaped 

 table spoonful of the guano to a gallon of 

 fresh rain water, are the proportions ; this 

 again can be diluted for young plants, and 

 it is decidedly better to begin its use gradu- 

 ally. Broken charcoal is a vastly better 

 drainage for pot culture than any thing else, 

 as it will absorb and fix the ammonia, and 

 the roots and spongioles will delight to re- 

 vel and entwine amongst it. 



In conclusion, be careful in applymg this 

 stimulant that your plant is in a growing 

 state, avoiding this strong mixture while 

 dormant, but when it has taken a start, fol- 

 low it up, attentively watching it, reducing 

 or adding as the effects will readily show. 

 A plant in full growth will take a liberal 

 supply, and be highly benefitted by it, while 

 the same quantity would kill two similar 

 plants in the dormant state. W. R. Coppock. 



Buffalo, Aug. 15, 1S46. 



Description of t-wo new Raspberries. 



BY DR. W. D. BRINKLE, PHILADELPHIA. 



1. THE GUSHING RASPBERRY. 



This new Raspberry I named the Cushing, 

 in honor of J. P. Gushing, Esq., of Boston. 

 It originated from a seed of a berry of the 

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new Double Bearing, imported by Mr. Ro- 

 bert BuisT of this city. The seed was 

 planted June 27lh, 1843, and vegetated in 

 the spring of 1844. It fruited for the first 



