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they were much injured by red spider. In a large garden near here I 
saw they were similarly affected, Mr. Haydon, gardener at Langton, 
has sent me some of Kitley’s Goliath, and also some plants of Alice 
Maude, which he thinks finer in flavour than Keens’ Seedling. It is, 
he says, a good bearer, and hardy. I have given him Sir Harry in 
return, and I think he will be no loser. Of these two latter I will, at 
present, say nothing, as I “ will” have experience before I recommend 
a Rose or a Strawberry to the public. 
I will now end with a few hints to the young “ Fragrarian.” 
Avoid double-bearing Strawberries, as they come in when there is 
no sun, and go out when there is none. The Black Prince I know is 
early, and the White Alpine will bear valuable Stawberi ies in Septem¬ 
ber. I think the old Hautbois may be made to do both. In proof of 
the latter, I have sent you some specimens, and I say—“ Circum- 
spice! ” [These, as we have stated, had suffered severely the penalty 
of coming through the post in a thin box.] 
If you are troubled by birds, wide distances are dangerous, unless 
you protect. Kill slugs in winter with lime or ducks. Do not water 
while the plant is in flower, but from the time the berry is formed till 
it reddens you cannot pour on too much. Put clean Wheat straw 
between the ranks, and water every third day, in sultry weather, 
copiously. Begin manuring directly after the crop is off and the runners 
taken. Preservation of life is better than the chance of a resurrection. 
Potash is the manure ; so says my friend Mr. Huxtable. All I know 
is, he never grows any Strawberries ; but his farming is most excellent. 
I use Guano (sparingly), soot, coal ashes, field ashes, wood ashes, liquid 
manure, cow and horse droppings. I believe stale night-soil to be the 
best. New maiden earth is also good for a dressing. 
After the crop is off I cut off all the leaves and dress handsomely, 
stirring the soil about two inches deep between the ranks, and one inch 
near the plants. This brings a luxuriant crop of leaves, which protect 
the crown in winter, and throw off the wet. This will not do, mind, 
unless you do it early , and are a “ high manurer.” 
Now, if you will attend to these rules, you will get good and fine 
Strawberries, which is what gentlemen with four-acre gardens with one 
pump, heaps of Pine-apples and Melons, do not get. Remember, 
then, the words—“ Manure,” “ Pump.” I will only add, my plants, 
of three ages, look green and luxuriant as Rape. I never had my 
runners so strong. My five years’ old Keens’ show signs of decay. 
W. F. Radclyffe. 
Rector of Rushton, near Blandford. 
NEW PLANTS OF 1857. 
The year which has passed away has been, as usual, prolific of novelties 
amongst plants cultivated as ornamental objects. It was, however, 
specially lecorded, that two classes of plants which appeal to the senses 
more by their beautiful forms than by their gaudy colours—by their 
elegant 1 ather than their gorgeous beauty, have made great advances in 
