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a cold pit; most of them have stood at least 

 >. -veral seasons protected by a wall in the vicinity 

 of London. 

 R. I'mlica (India)i). White, pin!:. June. 1800. 



/>Aos?e'mon(brown-stam?ned). 4. Jui- 



ru'bra (red). 15. Reddish. June. ISOt.i. 



salicifo'lia, (willow-leaved). 3. June. Id20. 



KASPAI'LIA. ( Nam ed after M. Easpa.il, 

 .1 French botanist. Nat. ord., Bruninds 

 [Bruniacere]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1 

 Jfonogynia. Allied to Brunia.) 



Greenhonse evergreen. Cuttings of young, 

 stubby shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, and in 

 a cold frame; sandy, fibry peat. Winter temp., 

 -;o to 48. 



11. microphy'lla (small-leaved). 1. White. July. 

 Capeof Good Hope. 1804. 



RASPBERRY. JRu'bus i 

 Varieties. The most useful are as 

 follows: 1. Red Antwerp; 2. Yellow 

 Antwerp ; 3. Fastolff, or Filby ; 4. Double- 

 bearing. Of these, Nos. 1 and 2 have 

 been for many years highly esteemed; 

 but 3 has, of late, in a great degree, super- 

 seded them, being larger and of at least 

 equal flavour, a great bearer, and pos- 

 sessing that desirable property in the 

 summer Raspberries of producing occa- 

 sionally fine autumnal fruit, which is 

 superior to that of the double-bearing 

 hinds. No. 4 is a decided autumn Rasp- 

 berry. Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, 

 as a new variety of this from America, 

 which is said to be very superior. Another 

 variety is a hybrid between the Raspberry 

 and Blackberry; this Mr. Rivers calls "the 

 Black," and states is good for preserving. 

 Propagation: by Suckers. Those who 

 <lesire to make anew plantation of Rasp- 

 berries will do well to obtain their 

 suckers from a healthy stock. We have 

 known new plantations made in cases of 

 emergency from a stock which had stood 

 too long in the ground, and of course 

 were lean, if not diseased. This lean- 

 ness was evidently transmitted to their 

 progeny, and, despite high manuring, a 

 rear or two was lost before they could 

 recover. Suckers, then, may be planted 

 any time between October and the mid- 

 dle of February, and they are drawn away 

 from the old plants by hand; a slight 

 pull will soon show which are those dis 

 posed to colonise. Deeply-dug ground is 

 requisite, and it should have a liberal 

 amount of half-rotten manure. Strong 

 suckers (drawn with a, ball of soil, if pos- 

 sible) may be planted three in a group, 

 at the end of September, four feet apart 

 from centre to centre ; and the rows, if 



side by side, six feet apart. As soon as 

 the leaf drops, say the beginning of No- 

 vember, we would prime one strong cane 

 to three feet, a second to two feet, and & 

 third to within a couple or three inches 

 of the soil. By these means a nice little 

 crop may be taken the first year, and 

 good shoots reserved for the next. 



From Seed, This is practised chiefly 

 with a view of raising new kinds ; and 

 the seed collected from superior berries, 

 v/hen thoroughly ripe, is washed from the 

 pulp and dried, then packed in \. 

 until spring. In the beginning of Fe- 

 bruary it must bo sown, and a gentle hot- 

 bed would hurry the process much. The 

 seedlings must be pricked out when three 

 inches high, and generous treatment, 

 must be continued ; and towards the 

 middle of May, having been hardened 

 off, they may be planted at once in their 

 final destination. All that is requisite 

 now is careful training, the keeping down 

 suckers and watery spray ; and when the 

 shoots are five feet long, the top may be 

 pinched to consolidate the wood. 



Soil, When wild, being an inhabitant 

 of woods, a damp soil, somewhat reten- 

 tive of moisture, is found to suit it best. 

 We have generally known it most suc- 

 cessful in a darkish soil of an alluvium 

 character ; any of our loams, however, of 

 sound texture, will grow it in perfection, 

 but the soil should be tolerably deep. A 

 hot and loose sand, short of depth, is 

 the least suitable. To meet the increased 

 amount of perspiration from the leaf to 

 which the cultivated plant is liable in 

 sunny situations, extra provision in the 

 way 'of top dressing and mulching is 

 highly to be commended. 



Culture duriitg the Growing Period. 

 Soon after tho canes begin to shoot iri 

 spring, a slight thinning- out is very bene- 

 ficial; this may take place about the be- 

 ginning of May. In a few weeks' time a 

 thinning of the suckers may take place, 

 for, in general, they produce a profusion, 

 and such draw on the resources of the 

 plant, and exhaust the soil. About four 

 or five may be left on each stool ; if they 

 are very gross, the moderate ones may 

 be left ; if weak, the strongest. 



If they have not been mulched, it 

 should be done immediately. As soon 

 as the last fruit is gathered, the old bear- 

 ing shoots may be cut clean away, and 

 the young canes drawn a little closer to- 

 gether. When over five feet in height, 



