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with scale, American blight, &c., should be 
dressed over with an insecticide like Gishurst 
Compound, and a good coating given. Such 
mulching of and digging about the trees as may 
be desirable, should be done while the weather 
is dry and open. 
Slower Garden. —With the opening of 
December comes the time of year when but 
little flower remains in the garden. It is well, 
perhaps, that there is a pause in the great 
floral revelation bountiful Nature so generously 
brings before the vision of the children of men. 
It allows of time for alterations and improve¬ 
ments, and for re-arranging the subjects when 
necessary to do so. A good background of 
shrubs is often a great improvement to a flower 
border, and now is the time to plant any new 
additions. The shrubbery and grass-plat form 
parts of the Flower Garden, and as the former 
suffers from exhaustion of the stimulating pro¬ 
perties in the soil, a dressing of dung should 
occasionally be added to replenish it. The turf 
occasionally needs levelling and relaying, and it 
is now that this should be done. The grass- 
plat should be swept and rolled at intervals. 
All these attentions have much to do with the 
provision of a smooth velvety lawn. 
Cold Frames. —The subjects found here at 
this season of the year need constantly looking 
over, to remove decaying leaves and stir the 
surface-soil. When the weather is mild, and 
light soft rains are falling, a shower will do no 
harm, if the lights are taken off for a time. A 
sprinkling overhead of this kind helps to keep 
green-fly in check, while it materially refreshes 
the plants. A few more Hyacinths , Narcissi , 
and Tulips may be potted for succession, also 
some of the Cape bulbs, such as Ixias , Spar axis, 
Tritonia, Babiana , &c. Seedling Primroses , 
Polyanthuses, Auriculas, fee., should be pricked 
off into pans, or pots, if large enough to handle, 
as it will encourage them to grow into size, and 
they will flower all the sooner and better. The 
glass of the frames should be kept clean, so 
that as much light as possible may fall on the 
plants, and air should be given at all times, ex¬ 
cept when the weather is frosty. 
Greenhouse.—Chrysanthemums are late, on 
the whole, this year, and in a house that can be 
warmed with a little artificial heat, blooms can 
be had till Christmas, as there are both early 
and late varieties. In the case of a cold house, 
it should be kept as dry 7 as possible 
in damp weather, as a moist atmosphere 
damages the flowers in foggy chilly weather. 
A cold house is of necessity a dreary place in 
mid-winter, but a house to which a little 
artificial heat can be applied by 7 means of a 
flue or hot-water apparatus, can be made to 
smile all through the winter with cheerful 
expressions of floral beauty. We may 
mention such useful subjects as Erica 
gracilis , and hyemalis, Epacrises, Chinese 
Primroses, Cyclamens, Roman Hyacinths , 
Solanums in berry, &c., as showing what 
can be had in flower in December. In a 
cold house but little water will be necessary, 
except the day be warm and dry; the pots 
should be kept clean, the surface soil stirred 
and kept fresh, and all decaying leaves re¬ 
moved. When water is given, it should be 
before noon, so that the soil may drain some¬ 
what, and the shelves become dry before night¬ 
fall.— Suburb anus. 
RASPBERRY BAUMFORTH’S SEEDLING. 
[Plate 528.] 
cUpN the course of last summer, we received 
6 ] fo from Mr. E. P. Dixon, of Hull, some re- 
markably fine fruit of a new Easpberry 3 
which has now been named Baumforth’s Seed¬ 
ling. Subsequently, Mr. Dixon forwarded the 
bearing branches, from which our figure was 
drawn ; but, as the fruit was then a little past 
its best, they were individually smaller than in 
the sample originally received, some of which 
measured as much as an inch and one-eighth 
in diameter. It is a vigorous growing sort, and 
a very free bearer, the large, handsome fruits 
being remarkable for their broad, roundish, 
rather than conical outline. The colour of the 
drupes, which are of large size (three-sixteenths 
of an inch across), and very juicy, is of a deep 
lake-crimson ; and the flavour is rich and full, 
with a fine aroma. Altogether, the merits of 
this yariety entitle it to a front-rank position. 
We learn from Mr. Dixon that the variety 
now figured, and which is being distributed 
this season, was selected about fifteen years 
ago from a batch of seedlings of Northumber¬ 
land Fillbasket. The stock has, since then, 
been carefully grown, and each season has been 
well tested. It has been repeatedly exhibited 
at the leading shows in Yorkshire, and has 
invariably taken first prizes. The plant is of 
a stronger constitution than its parent, and 
more prolific, the fruit being about ten days 
earlier, and, at least, one-third larger—that 
is, broader, more uniform in shape and size, 
and of a deeper and richer crimson colour, 
while the separate succulent carpels or drupes, 
of which the fruit is composed, are large and 
prominent. The plants frequently bear fruit in 
the autumn from the current season’s growth. 
The raiser of this Raspberry was Mr, John 
