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cases, a Bingle drape would form; sometimes two or 

 tlu-fi — rarely more, and never a perfecl beny. With- 

 oul any experience to guide as in raising these fruits 

 From seed, we unwisely took for granted that the 

 fresh seed would sprout in a few weeks, and thai the 

 plants would grow to a size which, with protection, 

 might be carried through the winter oul of doors. 

 They did not sprout, however, so thai it was con- 

 cluded to bury the boxes until February, and thus 

 expose the seeds to the action of frost. The boxes 

 were removed to the house early in February accord- 

 ingly. Many of the raspberry seeds sprouted in a 

 short time, though hut nine lived to be set oul the 

 ensuing Maj (1887). The blackberry seeeds did not 

 sprout at all. 



" 77m Nim Hybrid I'hiiifs. — The following note-. 

 irere taken lasl October. The first plant is :! tret 

 high, much branched, lighl green canes, covered with 

 raspberry prickles. Leaflets Large, with an occasional 

 imperfed 5-pedate leaf. Under Bide of Leaf glaucous. 

 The Beoond plant is ■','.. feel high, with but a single 

 stem without Laterals, and nearly without prickles. 

 Scarcely any bloom on the under side of the leaf. 

 Leaflets Large and much wrinkled, us in the foreign 

 raspberry. Stem purplish. The third is a punj plant, 

 about '.i inches high, with the prickles of a rasp 

 berry, the leaf of ,i blackberry. The fourth i-- -'.■ 

 feel high, long laterals, purple stem, booked thorns, 

 like the blackberry, but closer together. Leaflets 



small, no bloom on the under side. Resembles a 



blackberry more than a raspberry. The fifth Beems 



to l.e ;i small, siekl\ raspberrj . with Blender, close- 

 jointed Btem8. The sixth seem-. to be ;| tllOmlPKS 



