46 THE CULTURE OF 



Soils mostly to be preferred. 



supply from the bottom, in summer, for the 

 next year's bearing". — They may be literally 

 said to merit culture in every good garden, for 

 their pleasant and useful fruit. 



From the general practice of planting the 

 Rubus Idaeus, on any common garden ground, 

 indiscriminately, the soil may be considered 

 of trivial moment ; but if these varieties are 

 worthy of cultivation, they will, no doubt, be 

 though, by every amateur of fruits, to merit 

 the accommodation of a soil perfectly genial; 

 especially when it can be obtained at a trifling 

 expence. 



Of the various soils and situations in which 

 we have noticed the growth of these plants, 

 none have been more productive of strong, 

 clear, vigorous, and healthy young wood, than 

 those growing in fenny countries : and more 

 especially on deep black and soft, but cool 

 soil, even in the lowest situations, and conti- 



