Rubus Occidentalis. 



as are enlarged. If cov- 

 ered before this sign of 

 readiness appears, the tip 

 merely decays. If a va- 

 riety is very scarce, we 

 may cover not only the 

 tips, but also much of the 

 cane, lightly an inch or 

 t w o with earth, and 

 each bud will eventually 

 make a plant. This 

 should not be done, how- 

 ever, until the wood is 

 well ripened, /say about 

 the first of October. 

 Throw a few leaves over 

 such layered canes in 

 November, and divide 

 the buds and roots into 

 separate plants early in 

 spring. They will prob- 



Native Raspberries of America. (Rubus Occidentalis.) 



ably be so small as to need a year in the nursery row. Sometimes, 

 after the first tip is rooted, buds a little above it will push into shoots 



