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.year. The seed, which is produced in 

 great abundance, ripens in July and 

 August, and must be cut as it does so, 

 and laid upon cloths to dry. 



RAPE (EDIBLE-ROOTED). This name 

 may be applied to a variety of the rape 

 mentioned by Mr. Dickson, one of the 

 vice-presidents of the Horticultural 

 Society. Its root is white and carrot- 

 shaped, about the size of the middle- 

 finger. It is much more delicate in 

 flavour than the turnip, like which root 

 it is cooked, only that it is not peeled, 

 but scraped, its skin being remarkably 

 thin. 



Sowing. For the main crop, sow 

 from the middle of July to the end of 

 August, or even later. These will sup - 

 ply the table until April ; and if wanted 

 throughout the year, a little may be 

 sown in the latter end of October, the 

 plants from which will be n't for use 

 during April and May : the last crop to 

 be sown from the middle of January to 

 the middle of February, which will 

 come in at the end of May and during 

 June. On a north border, and if the 

 soil is sandy and moist, it is possible to 

 have them sweet and tender during 

 the whole summer, to effect which sow 

 at the close of March and May. 



Cultivation. Thin and hoe as tur- 

 nips. In dry weather the beds must 

 be watered regularly. 



Soil One great advantage attending 

 the cultivation of this vegetable is, that 

 it requires no manure. Any soil that 

 is poor and light, especially if sandy, is 

 suitable to it. In rich 'manured soil it 

 grows much larger, but not so sweet 

 and good. 



To obtain Seed in February or March, 

 some of the finest roots are trans- 

 planted to two feet asunder; but it 

 would, perhaps, be a better practice to 

 leave them where grown. The seed 

 must be cut as soon as ripe, and treated 

 as directed for turnips, &o. 



RAPHA'NUS. Radish. (From ra, 

 quickly, and^/iflmomai,to appear; rapid 

 germination of the seeds. Nat. ord., 

 Crucifers [Brassicacece]. Linn., 15- 

 Tetr adynamia.} 



Hardy annuals. Seeds; rich sandy soil, but 

 for standing the winter it should be dry and 

 poor, See Radish, 



X. cauda'tus (tailed). l$. White, purple. 

 July. Java. 1815. 



La'ndra (Landra). 3. Yellow. June. Italy. 



1820. Biennial. 



sati'vus (cultivated). 3. White, purple. 



May. China. 1548. 

 RAPHIO'LEPIS. Indian Hawthorn. 



(From raphis, a needle, and lepis, a 



scale ; formation of the bracts. Nat. 



ord., Appleworts [Pomacese]. Linn., 



12-Icosandria 2-Di-pcntayynia. Allied 



to Cratsegus.) 



Half-hardy, white-flowered, evergreen shrubs 



from China. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots, 

 i in sandy loam, in a sheltered place, under a 

 j hand-light ; sandy loam and peat ; a sheltered 

 I place against a wall, or protected in very cold 

 j places by a cold pit ; most of them have stood 

 I at least several seasons protected by a wall in 

 I the vicinity of London. 



R. I'ndica (Indian). June. 1806. 



pheeoste'mon (brown-stamened). 4. June. 



1818. 



ni'bra (red). 15. Reddish. June. 1806. 



salicifo'lia (Willow-leaved). 3. June. 1820. 



RASPA'ILIA. (Named after M. Ras- 

 pail, a French botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Bruniads [Bruniaceee] . Linn., 5-Pent- 

 andria 1-Monoyynia. Allied to Brunia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen. Cuttings of young 

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

 in a cold frame; sandy fibry peat. Winter 

 temp., 40 to 48. 



R.microphy'lla (small-leaved). 1. White. 

 July. Cape of Good Hope. 1804. 



RASPBERRY. JRu'bus idee' us. * 

 Varieties. The most useful are as 

 follows:!. 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, superseded them, being larger 

 and of at least equal flavour ; a great 

 bearer, and possessing that desirable 

 property in the summer Raspberries, of 

 producing, occasionally, fine autumnal 

 fruit, which is superior to that of the 

 double - bearing kinds. No. 4 is a 

 decided autumn Raspberry. Mr. 

 Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, has a new 

 variety of this from America, which 

 is said to be very superior. Another 

 variety is a hybrid between the Rasp- 

 berry and Blackberry; this Mr. Rivers 

 calls "the Black," and states is good 

 for preserving. 



Propagation : By Suckers. Those 

 who desire to make a new plantation of 

 i Raspberries, will do well to obtain their 



