572 THE MAGAZINE OP HORTICULTURE. 



planted in rows about the same way as the summer raspberries, and cut 

 down close to the ground early in March. No canes to bear in summer 

 should be left, for the fruit they yield then is small and inferior to the sum- 

 mer varieties ; in autumn their fruit is large, and of excellent quality. The 

 fourth sort requires a different mode of culture, for unless the soil is very 

 rich and moist it ceases to bear in the autumn if suffered to grow more than 

 one year without removal ; the canes should therefore be taken up every 

 season any time during the winter, but not later than February, and planted 

 on a fresh piece of ground, or on the same ground well manured, and then 

 cut down close to the ground, leaving only one bud above the surface ; under 

 this treatment they will yield an abundant crop in autumn, till November, 

 of fine large fruit, and well repay the trouble of transplanting. For orchard 

 house culture in pots they will be found excellently adapted, particularly 

 the third and fourth sorts; for this purpose they should be potted into 11 or 

 13-inch pots in February, cut down close to the surface, placed out of doors 

 during the summer, and removed to the orchard-house in September; they 

 will then ripen their fruit admirably, and serve to remind the cultivator of 

 the by-gone days of raspberry-tide.— ( Gard. Chron., 1856, p. 743.) 



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- Verbena Imperatrice Josephine. — We were in error in stating in 

 our notice of this new verbena, in our last number, that it was raised by 

 Mr. Geo. C. Thorburn. Mr. T. does not claim this honor, but merely that 

 of being the introducer of so fine a variety. It is a French production, im- 

 ported the last summer. 



Mr. Blood's Seedling Grapes, said to have been raised from seeds of 

 Malaga raisins, appear to be varieties of our native sorts. They ripen 

 very early, and for quality rank with the Northern Muscadine and Hartford 

 Prolific. Those who have tried them in a northern climate speak well of 

 their earliness and quality. 



Large Pears. — E. L. Beard, Esq., President of the California Agricul- 

 tural Society, exhibited at the State Fair, in October last, five Duchess of 

 Angouleme pears, the smallest weighing two pounds and a half, the largest 

 two pounds and three quarters ! one measuring eighteen inches three quarters 

 one way, and sixteen one quarter the other. California is truly the paradise 

 of pears. 



Mr. J. Waters, of Baltimore, presented us, during our recent visit to 

 Philadelphia, with a Glout Morceau, weighing sixteen and three quarters 

 ounces ! It was the finest specimen of this pear we ever saw, and as delic- 



