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berries is principally of the following kinds, all for the dessert, namely : — 

 the Warrina^ton, (for hanging very late,) Champagne, Early Yellow, Crown 

 Bob, and Ironmonger. Before the fruit begins to get ripe, the bushes are 

 wrapped up in a piece of Nottingham gauze net, and are then safe from all 

 attacks of insects, birds or bipeds. The Warrington can be retarded to 

 the end of September ; but, being a very prickly variety, and the young 

 shoots growing downwards, they require to be clipped with a pair of shears 

 before putting the net on, to save the net. The other varieties can be 

 served the same way, especially if the bushes have attained to the size 

 intended. At one lime, before I tried this method of growing gooseberries 

 and currants, the blackbirds and thrushes had generally devoured all the 

 fruit before it was well ripened ; and to keep red currants late they had to 

 be covered with garden mats, but in wet autumns the fruit rotted for want 

 of the circulation of air. Now I can keep red currants till the end of No- 

 vember quite plump and clean ; and some of the bushes of about six years' 

 growth had about a peck of fruit on them each this last year. I find 

 the best varieties of red currants for hanging late is Knight's Late Red 

 and the Raby Castle, and the best variety of black the Black Naples. — 

 (Card. Jour., 1852, ;?. 35.J 



Anomatheca Cruenta. — The great worth and excellence of this little 

 bulb are not sufficiently known or valued. In my opinion, there is nothing 

 better for small beds, or for planting near the edges of large ones or bor- 

 ders. It will answer exceedingly well under the following treatment; — 

 The first week in March, the bulbs should be potted in equal parts of loam, 

 dung, and leaf-mould, with a good mixture of sand, putting four bulbs 

 in a pot, and placing them in a pit with the other bedding plants, until 

 the season arrives for turning out, when they should be planted in a bed 

 of similar compost, without disturbing the roots. They will then, with 

 ordinary attention, grow vigorously, and flower profusely from June to 

 November. If bloom is all that is required, the seed pods should be cut 

 out as the blossoms fall, as that will greatly strengthen the succession 

 flower-buds. Should increase of stock be required, seed may be easily 

 saved, and bulbs raised ; they are also readily increased by offsets. The 

 multitude of beautiful scarlet and crimson blossoms makes this plant 

 worthy the attention of the flower-gardener. Tlie bulbs should be taken 

 up before frost sets in, potted in silver sand, and securely laid by for the 

 winter. — (Gard. Jour., 1852,^. 35.J 



Art. II. Domestic JVotices. 



Destructive Effects of the Cold Weather in Washington, 

 T>. C. — We learn, from an article in the JVational Intelligencer, by Dr. C. G. 

 Page, that the late severe weather has been very destructive to the roses 

 and other plants in the neighborhood of Washington. After stating that 



