46 THE CUtTURE OF 



Soils mostly to be preferred. 



be literally said to merit culture in every good 

 garden, for their pleasant and useful fruit. 



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From the general practice of planting 

 the Rubus Idseus, 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 thought, by every ama- 

 teur 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 contiguous to large 

 bodies of standing waters, as lakes, meres, 



