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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
August 28. 
summer. But give me the end of June for this pro¬ 
ceeding, and a little bottom-heat, such as country folks 
put together for a summer Cucumber-bed. 
I had two frames thus put up about that time. They 
1 are close at the back of a wall, on the north side of it; 
their front to the wall. A hottom-lieat of leaves and 
grass, intended to sustain 70° to 75° permanently, was the 
i intention, and it has been well carried-out. Many hun- 
I dreds of cuttings of the superior kinds were dibbled on 
I these beds like Cabbage plants, as thick as they could 
stand together; the beds being soiled over four inches 
for that purpose. These cuttings are now nearly all 
rooted and growing, and this in the middle of August; 
and if I chose, I could, by coaxing them, and pinching 
now and then, cause them to become nice little bushes 
by the autumn. 
One more matter I may allude to: the subsoil beneath 
Rose-trees. Although I strongly advocated watering 
with a liberal hand when necessary, and this is not un¬ 
frequent, I must observe that Roses abhor stagnation 
of moisture. Therefore, in preparing stations for them, 
care should be taken to secure drainage below. Liquid- 
manure I consider indispensable, in order to sustain 
the perpetual character when they are hard-worked. 
I find guano-water excellent: say two ounces to a gallon 
of water once-a-week. R. Errington. 
Tiik Cattawissa Raspberry. —The Cattawissa Rasp¬ 
berry is an American variety entirely new and distinct in 
its characteristics, in respect to its manner of bearing and 
the period of maturing its fruit, which promise to make 
it an object of general cultivation. From its appearance 
and mode of growth, I have no doubt but it is a 
seedling produced from the common wild Blackberry of 
the country, which grows in great abundance about the 
region where it originated; although I cannot learn 
that any other varieties, native or foreign, wild or 
cultivated, ever grew near the original plant, except, 
perhaps, the thimbleberry (Rubus purpurea v. odorata), 
which, from the dissimilarity oft he two, could have had 
nothing to do with its production. 
This bountiful gift of nature originated in the grave¬ 
yard of the little Quaker Meeting House in the village 
of Cattawissa, Columbia Co., Penn., situated near the 
confluence of a stream of the same name with that 
noble river, the Susquehanna. The history of its dis¬ 
covery is simply as follows :—The person who had 
charge of the Meeting House, from whose own lips I 
received the account, was in the habit of mowing the 
grass in the grave-yard several times in the course of 
the year, and on one occasion, some eight or ten years 
since, observed that a brier, which he had so often 
clipped with his scythe, showed symptoms of bearing 
fruit out of the ordinary season. For this time he 
spared the plant, bestowing upon it his watchful care, 
and afterwards removed it to his own humble cottage, 
to be fostered and cherished, no more to “ waste its 
sweetness on the desert air.” From a plant that found 
its way to this district I was struck with its peculiarities, 
and resolved to devote myself to its cultivation and 
increase, and am now prepared to describe its properties 
as far as my opportunities have allowed, after experi¬ 
menting with it for two years. 
The fruit is of medium size, inferior to many of the 
new popular varieties, but is sufficiently large for all 
economical purposes. Its colour is a dark reddish- 
purple when ripe, and of a very high flavour; it bears 
j most abundantly throughout the season, after the young 
j wood, on which it produces its best fruit, attains the 
I height of four to five feet; usually beginning to ripen 
in August, and sometimes a little sooner. The fruit is 
j produced on branches continually pushing out from all 
parts, successively appearing in the various stages of 
growth, from blossom to perfect maturity, and often 
there may be counted more than fifty fruits on a single 
branch. As the ripening progresses the later fruits of 
each branch gradually become less in size, but there is 
no suspension of blooming and fruiting until checked 
by frost. If protected in-doors, it would undoubtedly 
produce fruit during the winter months. 
The great advantage of this fruit over all other 
varieties of the Raspberry is, that, if the stocks should 
be accidentally broken or cut off, or should be killed by 
winter frost, it is all the better for the crop, and if all 
other fruits should fail from the effects of spring frosts, 
we should have this to rely upon during the fall months, 
as its fruit is produced on the shoots made from the 
ground the same year. Another great advantage is, 
that, from a small space of a few yards of ground, a 
daily dessert for a small family would always be at 
hand during the autumnal months.— John Peirce. 
[We hope Mr. Peirce’s expectations will be fully 
realised in this Cattawissa Raspberry; time must de¬ 
termine its value. We have entire confidence in his 
statements, but his experience with it is not quite such 
as to be conclusive with the public; several instances 
of supposed perpetual bearers having been found on 
trial of more than doubtful value. Let us suggest that 
all new fruits and flowers, candidates for popular favour 
and high prices, be brought before some competent 
and disinterested judges, and let them pass judgment 
upon their merits.—E d.] —American Horticulturist. 
HARDY ANNUALS FOR FLOWERING IN POTS. 
All the hardy annuals would flower in pots if any 
one chose to have them that way, but they will grow 
with much less trouble without pots. However, there 
are places and people so circumstanced, that pot-flowers, 
some sort or other, are more valuable than border 
flowers, and of all the pot-flowers in the world, none can 
be had so cheap as annuals. A correspondent, who is 
aware of all this, but does not know the very best kind 
of annuals for pots, nor the easiest way to manage them, 
has just brought the subject before us at the right time. 
The best and simplest treatment is certainly to give 
these hardy annuals their chance out-of-doors during 
the winter, in the beds or borders where they sow them¬ 
selves, or where they are sown on purpose, and to have 
them potted sometime from the middle of February; 
as the season tells on them, or as they appear to be in 
active growth again ; to use rather large pots for them ; 
to plant several plants in each pot at first; and to thin 
them out later in the season if they seem too crowded ; 
to have mellow, rich soil for them, and some of it with 
more sand mixed with it for placing next to the roots as 
they are being potted. I have done all this repeatedly, 
many years back, and although I might not take the 
first prize for annuals at a regular show, I had as fine 
flowers and as bushy plants as any moderate or sober 
person need ever wish for. So that without the help of 
as much glass as would cover the top of the chimney¬ 
pot, any man or woman in the kingdom may have a 
score of beautiful pot-plants in bloom next May, after 
wintering themselves, for nothing, or next to nothing. 
If we rise one degree higher in the scale, and come to 
the one-light-box possessor, we are just as well off as him 
for bloom, and early bloom, too, considering all thiugs, 
and no botbor to look after a box or glass; but one 
more step takes us to where Cinerarias, Calceolarias, 
Geraniums, and China Primroses can bo had in pits, 
or in the greenhouse, and certainly, with such advan¬ 
tages, no one could grudge them all their flowers ; still, 
without spring annuals, if only half-a-dozen pots of 
