KNEVETT'S GIANT RASPBERRY. 



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The exigencies of the proprietor required 

 the two rooms left of the hall to be divided 

 by sliding doors ; otherwise, the writer 

 wished to have had them as one large 

 room. But the severity of the winters' cold 

 required an arrangement, by which the 

 space to be constantly warmed could be 

 reduced. 



The plan of this house affords a roomy 

 entrance hall, so large as to serve for a 

 room, an enclosed porch, produced by a 

 simple arrangement, which gives ample 

 recesses for hat stand and coat stand, on 

 either side of the entrance door, a hand- 

 some staircase, enclosed, and opening into 

 the hall, whilst *an outer door leads on 

 to a terrace, communicating with the gar- 

 den. 



The rooms are large and conveniently 

 arranged, and the chambers over correspond 

 in size. In the roof is a space so roomy 

 and well ventilated, as to admit of being 

 divided into servant's or occasional sleep- 

 ing rooms, with great ease. 



The chimneys are inside the house ; and 

 every precaution has been taken by the 

 arrangement of doors, &c, to make the 

 inside as warm as possible. 



There are other styles that admit of the 

 use of wood with great propriety and ad- 

 vantage. 



A modification of the modern Italian is 

 very suitable ; and with the bold projec- 

 tions of Campanile and bracketted roofs, 

 may, in this material, be made very effec- 

 tive, particularly as the battens may be 

 used in a manner that will give great 

 character and richness to the exterior. 



In fact, so long as the true genius of the 

 material is not contradicted, the character- 

 istics of almost any style, excepting the 

 purely classic, may be preserved ; but it is 

 from not discriminating between what the 

 style requires and what the material per- 

 mits, that the incongruous attempts and 

 cheap imitations, so constantly seen, are 

 caused. 



Where everything is real, and the eye 

 is not deceived, however simple and inex- 

 pensive the work may be, the composition 

 cannot but please ; but richness of orna- 

 ment, at the expense of architectural truth, 

 is a deformity, and must soon disgust. 

 Gervase Wheeler, 



Architect. 



Hartford, Conn., April 2. 1849. 



KNEVETT'S GIANT RASPBERRY. 



The great desideratum in raspberry cul- 

 ture, is to obtain a large fruited variety, of 

 good quality, which shall be perfectly hardy 

 in the middle and eastern states. 



The Antwerps, the Fastolff, and even the 

 Franconia, are very liable to have their 

 canes or current year's shoots, upon which 

 we depend for fruit the next season, de- 

 stroyed by a winter of little more than 

 usual severity ; especially if the tempera- 

 ture varies, within 24 hours, from severe 



frost to warm sunshine, while the ground 

 is uncovered with snow. 



To guard against this destruction of the 

 canes, it is the practice of careful cultiva- 

 tors to bend them down in November, and 

 cover them with a couple of inches of 

 earth ; this insures the entire safety of the 

 bearing wood, and consequently a full crop. 

 But as it involves some care and attention, it 

 is very desirable to find some variety of fine 

 quality, which does not require any such care. 



