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RUBUS. — If your raspberry seed is dry it will be of no use to sow it this 

 spring, as it would lay in the ground all winter before coming up. The best 

 way is to sow it either as soon as cleaned from the berries, or the next 

 autumn in the open ground, or if the quantity is small, in a cold frame, or it may 

 be mixed witli sand, and kept through the winter, and sown early in spring. 



T. F. — Rawles's Janet, Northern Spy, Rome Beauty, Hubbardston, and Water 

 apples all blossom late, and are, therefore, adapted to locations subject to late 

 spring frosts. Among pears, the Paradise d'Automne is eligible for the same 

 reason, while the Beurre St. Nicholas, or Duchesse d' Orleans, which blooms 

 very early, should be particularly avoided. 



W R, Troy, N. Y. — A green-house twelve feet long should be about the 



same in width — less would be incommodious, and more would present a dispro- 

 portionate appearance. The back wall may be ten feet high, and the front three 

 and a half, with sashes two feet high, and the wall below banked up for the sake 

 of warmth. If circumstances should lead you to modify these dimensions, we 

 would recommend that the slope of the roof should not be lessened. As to the 

 inside arrangement, three feet would be a good width for the front shelf, and the 

 walk may be two feet, or two and a half feet wide, leaving six and a half or seven 

 feet for the stage, which should slope at a less angle than the roof, so as to give 

 room for larger plants at the top, and the back shelves of the stage should, 

 for the same reason, be wider than the front. The walk must be sunk, so as to 

 give sufficient height to walk in. 



H. R., Auburn, N. Y. — The true Crimson Celery is quite a distinct variety, 

 though not crimson, but deep pink. It is solid, and of excellent quahty. 



Harry, Scotland, Mass. — Every nurseryman has the Beurre d' Anjou for sale ; 

 if there is one who has not got it, he had better not call himself a nurseryman. 

 The price will vary from fifty cents to five dollars, according to the size. You 

 can get a tree large enough for general purposes for a dollar. The President 

 Wilder strawberry is still for sale to subscribers and all others. 



Mrs. C. S., Sheffield, Mass. — You had better turn out your cotton plants 

 into the open ground, but not until all danger of frost is over. In the mean 

 time give them plenty of room, shifting into other pots if necessary, so that they 

 may not be drawn up slender. Cotton flourishes best in a rich, alluvial soil, and 

 we would advise you to choose a rich and moist, but at the same time a warm 

 spot, to turn out the plants in. Give them plenty of moisture, but do not drown 

 them. 



There is no bean equal in quality to the Lima for succotash, or anything 

 else. The Sieva, or Small Lima, resembles it, and is earlier, but not quite as 

 good. Next in richness are the different varieties of running cranberry beans, 

 of which the Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry is one of the best. Why do not 

 you try the plan described in the note on " Forwarding Lima Beans," in our 

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