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Success with Small Fruits. 



the upright stems, stalks, etc., beset with copious bristles, and some of 

 them becoming weak prickles, also glandular ; leaflets oblong-ovate, 

 pointed, cut-serrate, white-downy beneath, the lateral ones (either one or 



Nature's Rouge. 



two pairs) not stalked ; petals as long as the sepals ; fruit light-red, tender 

 and watery, but high flavored, ripening all summer." 



The second great American species, R. Occidentalis, will be described 

 hereafter. Since this book is not designed to teach botany, I shall not 

 refer to the other species, R. Trifloms, R. Odoratns, R. Nutkanno, etc., 

 which are of no practical value, and, for the present, will confine myself 

 to the propagation and cultivation of R. Id&us and R. Strigosus, and their 

 seedlings. 



PROPAGATION. 



Usually, varieties of these two species throw up suckers from the 

 roots in sufficient abundance for all practical purposes, and these 

 young canes from between the hills or rows are, in most instances, the 



