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santly stimulate the nerves of the mouth and 

 nose with a most agreeable smell and taste, 

 which proceeds from a mixture of their es- 

 sential salt and fine oil." This author recom- 

 mends these wines in scorbutic disorders as a 

 purifier and swetener of the blood. " Mixed 

 with water," he says, "they make a good 

 reviving draught in ardent fevers," 



The wood of the raspberry-bush produces 

 fruit but one year, therefore j that should be 

 carefully cut, down below the surface of the 

 earth, and the young shoots should be short- 

 ened to about two feet. in height: the middle 

 or end. of October is the proper time for this 

 pruning. The fruit is produced from young 

 branches out of the last year's shoots or 

 suckers. 



