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ately shaded. In forming plantations, Lindley has direct- 

 ed that the rows should run from east to west, and the 

 tallest sorts be planted in the north rows, and in the rear, 

 at a large distance asunder ; and those of small growth in 

 the south rows, and at less distance asunder in the row. 

 Thus all the varieties receive the full benefit of the sun. 

 He directs as follows : 



1st or north row, Cornish, set 4 feet asunder in the row. 



2d row, Woodward's Red Globe, do. 



3d row, Red Antwerp, set 3J feet asunder in the row. 



4th row, White Antwerp, do. do. 



5th row, Cane Raspberries, set 3 feet asunder. 



6th row, Double Bearing, or No. 8, do. do. 



Large plantations, of any kind, are to be set out on the 

 same principle. 



He also recommends that three young plants should be 

 placed in each hill, in a triangular form, six inches apart. 

 These should be cut at the time, within a few inches of 

 the ground. In autumn cut off all wood that has borne 

 fruit ; also all weakly shoots, and shorten the strong shoots 

 to four fifths. Stakes or rails are not absolutely necessary. 

 The tops of each stool may be tied together in summer at 

 their tips; or it is recommended to tie one half of two hills 

 together at the tips : thus they form arches or festoons. 

 With regard to the double bearing varieties, it is recom- 

 mended to cut down every alternate stool to within a few 

 inches of the ground, in the annual pruning. Thus a suc- 

 cession of large, late crops is always maintained. 



The raspberry plantation is in its prime the third year, 

 but must be annihilated after it has stood six years ; and 

 new ones must in the mean time be formed. 



PERSIMMON. (Diospyrus Virginiana. ) 



AMERICAN DATE, or PRUNE. 



The persimmon flourishes as far north as the River Con- 

 necticut, in the latitude of 42, but is dwarfish. In a 

 suitable soil and climate, it rises, to the height of sixty 

 feet, or forty diameters of its base. The leaves are oblong, 



