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among which Lost Rubies stands first 

 perliaps. But these are untried, and 

 may turn out good or the reverse. If 

 any man knovjs any raspberry that is 

 better than Cuthbert, let him speak 

 up ! It must be good indeed ! 1 

 don't ; and if any man wants rasp- 

 berries without too much trouble and 

 plants the Cuthbert, I shall expect him 

 to get lots of large handsome berries 

 that are very good to take — internally 

 or to market — and to feel about as 

 satisfied as he can well expect to be in 

 the fruit business. 



EVERCxREENS FOR HEDGE, &c. 

 ClintoH, Jan. 20th, 1882. 



Dear Sir. — I. What kind of ever- 

 greens is suitable for a low hedge in a 

 garden or cemetery that will stand 

 trimming and not break down with 

 the snow 1 



2. What kind of evergreens are suit- 

 alile for a lawn as trees for ornament ] 



J. What time of the year should 

 they be pruned to make them grow 

 close { 



4. Is there any particular way of 

 trimming them? 



5. Is any book published with dia- 

 grams showing the proper way 'i 



♦?. Will it hurt trees twenty years 

 old to cut them back . to make them 

 grow close 1 A Subscriber. 



ANSWER. 



1. The best are the dwarf Arbor 

 Vitftis, which are of easy culture, can 

 be trimmed in any form, and seldom 

 get broken by the s^now. 



2. The Hemlock Spi-uce, White 

 spruce, Norway Spnice, Austrian Pine, 

 Scotch Pine and White Pine, are all 

 hue lawn trees, especially in grounds 

 of considerable size. The American 

 Arbor Vitae, Siberian Arbor Vitae, 

 Sweedish Juniper, Prostrate Juniper, 



Savin Juniper and American Yew, are 

 suitable for smaller grounds. 



3. The best time to prune them ifv 

 the last of May or first of June, when 

 the trees are beginning to make a new 

 growth, 



4. The best method of pruning the 

 Pine and Spruces is to rub off the 

 terminal buds of the branches it is 

 desired to make more dense just as they 

 begin to push. If this is done when 

 the trees are small, and kept up as 

 occasion may require, it will never be 

 necessary to use the knife, an<l tlie trees 

 can be kept compact and symmetrical 

 with ease. The Arbor Vitses and 

 Junipers can be trimmed witli the 

 shears and brought into any desired 

 form. In all cases it is desirable to 

 commence the pruning when the ti-ees 

 are small, so that but little cutting 

 away will be needed. 



5. We have never seen any such 

 work. 



7. No, if tlue pruning be not too 

 severe. It will require more time to 

 bring such a tree into a (\enso form 

 than one that is young, but by patient 

 shortening in every season, cutting off 

 the ends of the branches, and waiting 

 for the tree to grow more dense from 

 year to year, the object will at length 

 be accomplished witho^it cutting off 

 large branches, which would make the 

 tree unsightly for some time.. 



The Cumberland Strawberry. — Ch;u. 

 Hurd, of Michigan, says : The Cumber- 

 land Triumph is the largest and moHt 

 deliotfchj flavored berry on my groimds. 

 It is a beiTy to delight the amateur, is a 

 rank grower and an abundant bearer. A 

 few days since I received a letter Iroui. 

 Mr. Miller, the originator, in which he 

 says that from IJ aorea this season he 

 obtained 270 bushels. I consider it 

 among the finest cultivat(jd. — Fr;iiJ: Re- 

 corder. 



