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The Garden. 



5. Blackberry — Rebus of species. 

 The low blackberry or dewberry {rebus Canadensis) has 

 never, we believe, been cultivated, but the fruit, when well 

 exposed to the sun and fully ripened, is sweet, high flavored, 

 and not to be despised. It is also doubtless susceptible of im- 

 provement. Of the high blackberry (rebus mllosus)^ the fol- 

 lowing improved varieties are highly esteemed, and the first 

 two much cultivated. 



1. 2lew EocJielU. — Very large; intensely black; juicy; rather soft, sweet, 

 excellent flavor. Eipens the first of August, and continues in use six weeks. 

 Originated at New Eochelle, N. Y. 



2. Dcrc/ics^e/'.— Nearly equal in size to the foregoing, but of a more elongated 

 form. Very sweet and high flavored. Vigorous and productive. Eipens 

 about the first of August. Bears carriage well. Originated in Massachusetts. 



3. N'eiDman''8 27iO/';u'ess. -Promises to be valuable. Not bo well tested as 

 the others. New York. 



The blackberry requires similar culture to the raspberry. 



6. The Strawberry — Fragaria. 

 This is the queen of all berries — delicious, wholesome, and 

 tmiversally esteemed. It is a native of the temperate latitudes 



of Asia, Europe, and 

 America. The best va- 

 rieties now cultivated in 

 this country have origin- 

 ated from native species 

 — the Scarlets and tho 

 Pines. 



In its wild or natural 

 1 1 a t e , the strawberry 

 generally produces her- 

 maphrodite or perfect 

 blossoms. Cultivated 

 varieties have not all 

 retained this property. 

 uovEY's SEEDLING. Thcy aro properly di- 



vided, with reference to their blossoms, into three classes — 



