the stocks should be accidently broken, or cut off, or should be killed by winter 

 frostii, it is all the better for the crop ; and if all other fruits should fail from the 

 t'tlcL'ts of spring frost, wo would have this to rely upon as a substitute during the 

 fall months. Another great advantage is, that from a small space of a few yards of 

 ground a daily desert for a small family would always be at hand, at a time when 

 other Raspberries cannot be had. 



[We hope Mr. Pierck's expectations will be fully realized in this Catawis.sa 

 Raspberry; time must determine its value. We have entire confidence in his 

 statements, but his experience with it is not quite such as to be conclusive with 

 the public ; several instances of supposed perpetual bearers having been found on 

 trial of more than doubtful value. Let us suggest that all new fruits and flowers, 

 candidatos for popular favor and high prices, be brought before some competent 

 and disinterested judges, and let them pass upon their merits. 



Vi'e have suggested the above not to deter purchasers from testing the Catawissa 

 Raspberry, on the contrary we think it worthy of trial; but it is our duty to express 

 apprehensions when we really entertain them. 



Hardy Raspberries of good quality are still desiderata, if every kind has been so 

 cut down as they appear to have been in this vicinity. It is to be hoped that the 

 readers of the Ilortirulturiat will report their experience in these matters as occasion 

 offers ; there is no more important branch of gardening in our country than that 

 which relates to the raising of hardy fruits every way adapted to the climate. — Ed.] 



HORTICULTURAL TELEGRArHIC NEWS. 



BY AN AMATEUR. 



The increasing interest felt in gardening aud fruit operations I have sometimes 

 thought may yet become so great that information thereon may hereafter be consid- 

 ered of as much value as some of the items registered so carefully and at so great 

 expense by our newspapers. Who cares to know that Bill Johnson was hung at 

 Tuscumbia jail yesterday at twelve o'clock, or to learn who was present at the 

 terrible scene? Is it important that we should know in such a hurry that Ann 

 Jobson hung herself in Buffalo last evening, or that a lady presented her hu.sband 

 with four babies yesterday at St. Louis. 



Let us instead have a Horticultural Telegraph, that will tell us what climate pro- 

 duced the finest Strawberries and from whence we are this year to expect our full 

 supply of fruits. The contrast would be something like the following; let the 

 numerous readers of the Horticulturis' decide which kind of information would 

 please them most : — 



By Magnetic Telegraph for the Daily Newshlower. 



Tuscumbia, A1., June 10. — Bill Johnson was hung to day in the jail yard at 

 twelve o'clock. The Mayor and his aids with a number of respectable citizens 



