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recesses, rough-edged country lanes, where damp and 

 somewhat shady, but not such as are exposed to the 

 drip of rain. Exposure to the meridian sun is distasteful 

 to it; of all known fruits the raspberry, in tastes and 

 preferences, is the most violet-like. The leaves suffice 

 to distinguish it, these being chiefly pinnate, though 

 plenty are trifoliate, and white underneath. The white 

 flowers are insignificant, the least conspicuous perhaps of 

 any found in its genus ; the incomparable crimson of the 

 ripe fruit is sometimes exchanged for the delicate shade 

 of amber so well known in gardens. An excellent 

 feature of the raspberry is, that although earlier to come 

 in bloom than most Rubi, it is still so much later than 

 fruiting-plants in general, that the crop is rarely or never 

 spoiled by unfortunate weather. The mode of develop- 

 ment of the stems is somewhat peculiar. The rootstock 

 is perennial, but the stems are biennial; that is to say, a 

 new set of young ones is thrown up every year, these to 

 bear the flowers and fruit the following year. When their 

 work is finished, they die away, and give place to their 

 successors. Careful raspberry-culture in the garden 

 includes the cutting out of all the old and spent stems 

 as soon as the fruiting is over, thus giving every advan- 

 tage to the new ones. Certain varieties of raspberry can 

 be so manipulated as to secure abundance of good ripe 

 fruit as late even as November, when a dish placed 

 upon table with dessert gives challenge even to the 

 grapes, and in the shooting season becomes, for one's 

 guests, a very special treat. To obtain the late autumn 



