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The branch of Sumac, gathered soon after the frost has appeared, or even before, 

 press perfectly and keep their color finely. If varnished with map varnish they 

 never fade. Branches of this tree interspersed with the ferns are very ornamental. 

 We have made exceedingly pretty crosses from its leaves, sewing each one separately 

 over the other on a pasteboard cross. Anchors and stars can also be made of its 

 lance-shaped leaves. Thus suspended over engravings, or curtains, they are very 

 ornamental, and are easily dusted, and essential in the eyes of a good housewife. 



JMosses. 



Bunches of dyed moss are to be purchased of all seedsmen, in the cities ; we 

 dwellers in cities cannot avail ourselves of them if we would ; but we can make 

 them even prettier than those exposed for sale. Gather the moss, pick out all the 

 debris, cleanse from dirt, and di'y in the sun ; then dip into Judson's dye ; spread on 

 paper to dry by fire or sunlight. We gathered last year a very finely fibred moss, 

 dyed it a lovely green, and saved some of the original colors to mingle its brown 

 hues with it. Then we took the " hoops " from an old skirt, tied them together, 

 and on the circlet tied wreaths, which city friends said "'surpassed those displayed in 



the shops." 



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Ne'w Raspberry. 



EDITOR, of The Horticulturist: — Dear Sir — By the suggestion of D. H. 

 Brown, Esq., of New Brunswick, I send you two berries, a section of the wood, 

 and a leaf of a new raspberry, found on my premises at my country seat, near 

 Adams, N. Y., last season, during bearing time. The bush formed last year 

 appeared rank and majestic, two of the new stalks of last year, bearing this, being 

 over eight feet long ; and though the bush was transplanted last fall to a secure 

 place, it is full of fruit this year, fair specimens of which I send you, though the 

 color of the berries is changed from a crimson to that you see by the alcohol. 

 The bush, in general appearance, is like the Black cap, though it grows more rank 

 and majestic, its thorns being few, and not hooked and sharp, like those of the 

 Black cap. The color of the wood, as you will see, is of a reddish cast, between that 

 of the red and black varieties of raspberries. The leaf resembles, though is not 

 identical with that of the Black cap. 



The berry in color, taste and consiste?ice, is between the red Antwerp and the Black 

 cap, though the average size was last year and is this, more than three times, by 

 weight, that of our Black caps ; and the taste is delicious. The pedimdes are 

 longer than those of the Black cap, having a cluster of berries at the end, and then 

 back towards the stalk are others in progress of growth, while the end cluster is 

 ripe, thus prolonging its fruiting time. 



All who have expressed an opinion to me, including D. II. Brown, Esq., of New 

 Brunswick, N. J., and Messrs. Frost and Company of Ilochester, N. Y., believe it 

 to be a cross between the red Antwerp and Black cap, and think it may be valuable, 

 being a new, hardy and very large variety of bush and fruit. I have named it the 

 Hybrid Mammoth Crimson, as the most descriptive of its peculiar characteristics. 

 The bush was found away from all others, and at a place it would not have been 

 expected, having come up and grown in tough green sward, by a fence. From the 

 one formed last year, by layering and dividing, I have now six of the bushes, large 



