General Notices. 507 



cient to allow of the growth of cabhages, turnips, celery, &c., every desir- 

 able end will be answered. In this case, the canes need not be far apart 

 individually, and a greater as well as a finer produce will be secured. 



In making new plantations, let the ground be trenched half a yard deep, 

 and plenty of rotten manure be incorporated with the soil. This should be 

 done a month or two before the time of planting, to allow of the settling of 

 earth. As a general rule, raspberries planted this season should not be ex- 

 pected to bear fruit the next, as the object is to secure a vigorous growth of 

 canes for another year. If you get your plants from a nursery with but lit- 

 tle root to them, and probably very dry before you plant them, it will be 

 necessary to nurse them well, in order to get any new shoots from them; 

 and, if this year's stems are allowed to bear, you will probably have the 

 fruit and nothing more for your pains, and have to fill up vacancies next 

 year. You had better, therefore, cut down the stems to within a foot of 

 the ground at the time of planting, and wait patiently till strong shoots next 

 year repay you for your trouble. 



But if you have a svpply on your own ground, or can go yourself and 

 see the plants taken up at a nursery near your garden, you may secure a 

 crop next season without the risk of injuring your plantation afterwards. 

 The writer has just planted out a quantity of the Fastolff raspberry, with 

 the two objects of having fruit next season, and a permanent stock, and will 

 detail his manipulations for the guidance of any who may have confidence 

 enough in him to follow his example In the first place, a hole was dug 

 with a fork, about half a yard across, but not deep, the soil being only 

 loosened by that instrument. With the same invaluable tool the plants 

 were dug up fr<im thei: old quarters, care being taken to have masses of 

 root fibres adhering to them, and at least cne strong bearing stem was in- 

 serted in each hole, surrounded by four or five smaller ones. The weak 

 canes were cut nearly to the ground, but the strong were allowed about 

 four feet, and from these the writer has no doubt abundance of fruit will 

 be gathered, and, in most cases, shoots produced as well. The disturb- 

 ance being small, and great care being taken in arranging and treading 

 down tlie roots, the season also being early, it is concluded the canes 

 will have no difficulty in progressing as well as they would have done in 

 their former situation. This plan presupposes that you have an abun- 

 dant stock of your own, or are not careful of expense, since more canes 

 are required than would ordinarily be given to a new plantation. 



Old beds should be now attended to. Cut off close or dig up all but 

 three strong cnnes to each stake, and let them be firmly tied with some 

 material strcmg enough to last a year. The thin top should be pruned 

 down to a bud, leaving the canes strong and straight. Some rotten 

 dung may then be forked in, care beii.g taken not to injure the Lunches 

 of roots, which will be f^und in ail directions. — {lb. p. fi68.) 



Culture of La tanas in the ofni air. — For a long time, these charming 

 shrubs have been kept in the hothouse, where they have been far from pro- 

 ducing all the ornamental effects of which they are suscejaible. Cultivat- 

 ed in the greeniiouse later in the season, the umbels of flowers are much 



