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the tops may be pinched ; this, however, 

 should not be done before the end of 

 August. 



Culture during the Rest Period. As 

 soon as the leaves have all fallen, prun- 

 ing may take place, and our practice is 

 to leave four canes. These we cut at 

 different heights ; the tallest about four 

 feet; the next about nine inches lower, 

 and so on with the rest. By these means 

 the young spray is nicely divided, and 

 the plants fruit from bottom to top. The 

 canes are now neatly fastened, and a top- 

 dressing completes the rest period. All 

 useless suckers or canes are drawn away. 



Training. The ear- 



liest and finest are 

 obtained from canes 

 planted beneath a 

 south wall, and trained ^ \ \ ff y 

 against it in this form. <\ \\ J| // // 

 But in the open ground 

 the best mode of train- 

 ing is round small 

 hoops,thus. The worst 

 form is plaiting the 

 canes together; and 

 training in arches, or 

 other compact forms, 

 excluding the light 

 and warmth of the 

 sun, is little better. 



Forcing. Rasp- 

 berries may be forced, 

 growing either in pots 

 or in the borders of 

 the house. They may 

 he also planted on the outside of a pit, 

 the bearing canes being introduced with- 

 inside, and trained to a trellis, whilst the 

 present year's shoots are left outside. 



RATTLESNAKE FERN. Botry'ckium Vir- 

 (ji'nicum. 



RAUWO'LFJA. (Named after L. Rau- 

 u-ol/, M.D., a botanical traveller. Nat. 

 ( rd., Dogbanes [Apocynacea?]. Linn., 5- 

 Pcntandria 1-Monogynia. Allied to Ca- 

 rissa.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of the points 

 of shoots, or stubby side-shoots, in sand, under a 

 heil-^lass, in the beginning of summer, and. in 

 bottom-heat ; ?andy, fibry loam, fibry peat, a little 

 dried leaf-mould, and pieces of charcoal. Winter 

 temp., 50 to 60 ; summer, 60 to 68. 

 JR. cane'scens (hoary). 7. Pink. Jamaica. 1759- 



ni'tida (shining). 12. White. August. Spain. 1752. 



spino'sn (thorny). Yellow. June. Peru. 1827. 



ternifu'lia (three-leaved). 3. White. May. W. 



Ind. 1823. 



tomento'sa (woolly).3.WhUe.July.W.Ind.l823. 



REATJMU'RIA. (Named after A* Eea:t- 



mur, the French entomologist. Nat. ord., 

 Riiaumuriads [Eeaumuriacea?]. Linn., 

 1'3-Polyandria b-Peiituyynia. ) 



Half-hardy evergreens. Cuttings from young 

 shoots in sand, under a glass ; sandy, fibry loam, 

 fihry peat, and leaf-mould; dry soil in sheltered 

 places ; but generally requires a cold pit in winter^ 

 R. hypericoi'des(St. John's-wort-like). 2. Purplfc? 

 August. Syria 1800. 



vermiculti'tu(worm-like-leaved). 1. Pink. June? 



Sicily. 1828. 



RED BAY. Lau'rus Caroline' mis. 



RED CEDAR. Juni'perus Virginia 1 na. 



RED GUM TREE. Eucaly'plus resin i'f era, 



RED NIGHTSHADE. Eri'ca halieaca'ba, 



RED SPIDER. See ACARUS. 



REEVE'SIA. (Named after J. Reeves, 

 Esq., of Canton. Nat. ord., Sterculiads 

 [Sterculiacese]. Linn., 16-Monadelphia 

 S-Polyandria. Allied to Helicteres.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots in sand, under a bell-glass ; fibrjr 

 loam, and a little sandy peat. Winter temp., 4tT" 

 to 48. 



R. thyrsoi'dea (thyrse-like-./?owered). 4. White? 

 January. China. 1826. 



RELHA'NIA. (Named after R. JReUtan t 

 a botanical author. Nat. ord., Composites 

 [Asteracese]. Linn., IQ-Syngenesia 2 

 Sitperjlua. ) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of firm 

 young side-shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, in. 

 a cool frame, in June ; sandy loam and fibry peat. 

 Winter temp., 40 to 48. There are several spe- 

 cies beside the following : 

 R. squarro'sa (spreading). 1$. Yellow. May. Cape 

 of Good Hope. 1774. 



RENANTHE'RA. (From ren, a kidney, 

 a,nd anthera, a pollen bag, or anther; 

 shape of anthers. Nat. ord., Orchids 

 [Orchidacere]. Linn., 2Q-Gynandria 1- 

 Monogynia.) 



Stove orchids, grown in pots. See OSCEIBS. 

 R. arachni'tes (spider-like;. 1. Brown, purple. 

 Japan. 1793. 



cocci'nea (scarlet. Chinese Air-plan,'.}. 8. 



Scarlet, orange. August. Cochin-China. 

 1816. 



matuti'na (morning). 1. Brownish. December. 



Java. 1846. 



RENDLE'S TANK SYSTEM of L eating 

 was first suggested, we believe, by i]r. 

 Rendle. nurseryman, of Ply 

 tank of iron or wood, twenty feet lo.;;.:, 

 five feet broad, and six inches deep, is 

 constructed in the centre of the house, 

 and surrounded by a walk, except at the 

 end, where the boiler is fixed for heating 

 it. The top of the tank is covered with largo 

 slabs of slate, cemented together, to pre- 

 vent the excessive escape of steam. Around 

 tliis is a frame sufficiently high to rot:sia 

 the bark, in which the pots are plunged. 



