for the decoration of the conservatory, and also for cuttings for bouquets, it is one of the 

 most useful. Like its congeners, it is readily propagated by cuttings of the young wood, in 

 a half-ripened state. If the wood is strong and healthy, cut the cuttings at a joint, as they 

 will strike just as freely ; if a leaf-bud and about an inch below is taken with it, each joint 

 or bud will make a plant. To insure the cuttings rooting quickly, a gentle bottom heat will 

 be necessary, and they must also be covered with a glass, to prevent the undue evaporation 

 of the moisture. Any light rich soil will be suitable, such as a mixture of turfy loam, leaf- 

 mould, and gritty sand ; and, when planted out, any enriched garden soil will suit it. As a 

 pot plant, it will require much the same treatment as Wiegela rosea — that is, the wood must 

 be thoroughly matured in the autumn, to insure its blooming profusely when forced. 



The Garden Raspberry. — Editor Horticulturist: In all the American books, I can find 

 no mention of a Jirst quality, hardy raspberry. In the several varieties recommended for 

 cultivation, they are spoken of as requiring winter protection by bending down and covering 

 with earth, which is a great labor, besides breaking many of the canes. Now I have had 

 two varieties of red raspberry in cultivation for eight or ten years past, which are perfectly 

 hardy, and have withstood every winter without shelter or protection. I never saw better 

 bearers — the fruit is large, delicious in flavor, and the two together are a month (in open 

 grounds) to six weeks in bearing, according to exposure. If located on the north side of a 

 fence, they are longer in bearing, yet the south exposure will be earlier. 



I pretend to no originality in, or invention of, these fruits. I obtained them from a garden 

 in my neighborhood, which had been planted at great cost, by a gentleman of taste in such 

 matters; the fruits, so far as I could learn, were "far fetched and dear bought." Tlie 

 owner dying, the ground was devoted to other uses by his successor. Tlie gardener who 

 sold them to me called one the Red Prolific, the other the Red Antwerp ; but I can find 

 neither of them described in the pomological books, or nursery catalogues, and I am 

 certain that neither of them is the true Red Antwerp, which is not hardy. Mine grow 

 much stronger, higher, and larger than the Red Antwerps do in this vicinity. Hearing so 

 much said about winter covering for the raspberry, I had them carefully bent down and 

 covered one winter, and nearly ruined them by the process. Since then they have had no 

 protection whatever. They withstand the cold of this latitude, 420 45/ north, as well as 

 the wild raspberry of the woods, or anything else — never missing a full crop, and my small 

 plantation giving me several bushels every season. They have never been marketed till 

 this summer, and having leased my farm-garden grounds to a Scotch gardener, he sends 

 them to town, where they are pronounced by the fruit dealers the best they have had, 

 although the true Red Antwerps, requiring winter protection, are sent in for sale. 



Having seen frequent inquiries in the papers for hardy raspberries, and believing that the 

 varieties I have so long cultivated comprise the most desirable qualities for popular culture, 

 I have advised my gardenei; to offer a part of his yoimg plants for sale, which will be seen 

 in the advertisement accompanying this. I grow them together promiscuously in the rows, 

 which I think is an advantage to their abundant bearing, and they are easily distinguished 

 by the color and character of their wood and fruit. They should be fairly cultivated in good 

 ground, three to five canes in the hill, and cut down in the fall or spring to three or four feet in 

 height, according to the strength of the canes. Tied at the top with a piece of twinS, they 

 need no additional support. Owing to their strong growth, I set the rows six feet apart, so 

 as to use the place between them, and four feet apart in the row. When first planting, I 

 put but one cane in a hill, as that throws up plenty of suckers for the coming year. The 

 "true" Red or Hudson River Antwerp, compared with mine, has proved a failure in this 

 vicinity. Yours, truly, Lewis F. Allen. 



Black Rock, N. Y., August, 1856. 



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