RAILROAD GARDENING 



more effective advertising than by demonstrating the 

 possibilities of the country traversed for liome-inakiug. 



1495 



3f the industry; but the production of citrous 

 fruits has now largely superseded Raisin-growing in 



:iU tliH last uicntiiiiii'il .-xcciit tlif Fri'snn district, where 



iiiK res 



In sh 



those \< 



■should, as far as possible, be "planted 

 > should be varied, banks clothed, and v: 

 rs supplied, particularly in flat and uninti 



desi-M.'l . .... ' ;:,,■.„. , 



the ishilM -,M-. '.■!!- .i: |-;i;-|-, ii^ ii)!j 



Jiailroad Gardening Literature. — "Seven Lamps of 

 Architecture," by Ruskin. "Landscape Gardening," by 

 Samuel Parsons, Jr. "Ornamental Gardening fur Ameri- 

 cans," by Elias A. Long. "Der Stiidtebau" (Vol. 9 of 

 Part 4 of "Handbuch der Architektur"), Press of 

 Bergstrasser, Darmstadt, 1890, by J. Stubben. Bul- 

 letins of the U. S. Dept. of Agric, Division of Forestry, 

 especially No. 1 (1887) and No. 7 (1893). "Garden and 

 Forest," Jan. 16, 1889; Mar. 13, 1889; Apr. 3, 1889; May 

 1, 1889; Oct. 4, 1893; Oct. 23, 1895. "Railroad Gazette." 

 June 2. 1S82; Mav 0. 1SS4; n,-t. 7. 1S87: Oct. 21. 1887; 

 Mar. 111. l-n:-;: \|,V. 7. i-'i'i; X.n ::. l-'i'i; r,.l,. k;, 1900. 

 "Raihv.i- . ,.' !■■ .; ■ , ;; ,■' " ■ :■-, IS'hi; Oct. 



23, 1«;I7; -,.;■',-'<- , i - ' ' \i.i-. I I. 11)00; 



Sept. 2:i. ; i-. i;,,,,^.,, ^.,, - ■ nuM. -Kailway 



World,- A|.r. 7, loTT. ■I'.uk .,u.: >' ■■ r, . ■.Inlv. ISMO. 



"Park and Ceraeterv and Laudst-M|H i ,:ii JiTiin;: , " Mmvli, 



1900; Mav, 1900. "Country Gentlnndi, An-. _'::. 1: ; 



Aug. 30, 1900. Fr\n. rvi'..ri i\ s;FiM v 



low, six inches being the 

 lip. With the exception of 

 the "Thompson Seedless." 



BAIN-BERRY. 



I?!u 



RAINBOW FLOWER. Iris. 



RAISIN. Fig. 2071. Up to about 30 years ago, practi- 

 cally the entire Raisin industry of the world was con- 

 fined to the Mediterranean districts of Europe and Asia. 

 While it is true that Raisin vines wpre pl.-mt.-.l in ,,ili..r 

 widely distant countries at a muc)i . uln i Im. . . j 

 Chile, where it is said thev were ki- i 

 it was not until the early 70's that ; i . |,, , 



as well as those of the newer distrii i ~ ^t i iliT unii .nnl 

 Australia, were actually found in the tiiarkets of tin- 

 world. Since that time, however, the development of 

 the industry in these new districts has been most rapid, 

 and it has been shown that even higher quality and flavor 

 are possible. 



ods in 

 again 



The fir-f iiM-.. 

 made in '- ! ' 

 Califoni; 

 Fair, an i ,- 



and anni!:. i ,: 



produca.l 

 Plantin- in >:in. 

 Riverside, El c 

 Angeles and On 



#^% 



:m became import 



,.,;,. , 1. n, I,, the 



fornian brands. "0- 

 Crown Imperial Clus- 

 ters," "5 -Crown De- 

 hesas," "4-Crowu Clus- 



"2-Crown London Lav- 



ers" are some of the 



principal brands. The 



loose or detached berries 



are, of course, always 



marketed separately as 



distinct grades. A gre.at many have lately been " seeded " 



by means of a specially designed machine, put up in 



1-pound and ?'4-pound packages, and marketed for cook- 



2071. Table 



(XJi 



cooking * 



