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the south side. A very good way is to set a good strong stake in the hole 

 before planting the trees, I then set the tree on the north side and close 

 against the stake. This not only protects from the sun but is a support in 

 its future growth. 



Prof. Smith, of the Botanic Gardens, at Washington, D.C., says that it 

 is important that all trees should be shaded for a few years after planting, 

 and, to this end, he has a peculiar form of frame that he puts around them. 

 He has the care of all the street and park trees in the City of Washington. 

 No citizen is permitted to plant or trim trees on the street in front of his 

 property in that city. 



Port Htiron, Mich. , S. B. RICE. 



BERRY PLANTS. 



I SHALL try planting red raspberries and blackberries in October, 

 protecting each hill with a forkful of manure as soon as the ground 

 is frozen enough to drive upon. The raspberries I will plant in check 

 rows, and put three plants in a hill to insure a perfect stand. The matter 

 of having a full row with no vacancies I have twice before alluded to, and 

 now do so again, as no large or extra large yield can be obtained if there 

 are missing hills. An acquaintance, who is a large berry producer, is 

 realizing this to his cost this year. The wet weather delayed him in the 

 spring, and also delayed parties of whom he bought plants, and finally 

 when he did plant in poorly prepared ground, many plants failed to grow. 

 His strawberries have twenty-five per cent, of vacancies, and his black- 

 berries have come to the extent of only thirty per cent., leaving seventy 

 per cent, of the ground unoccupied, to hoe and cultivate not only a year, 

 but for several years to come unless he ploughs it up or fills the vacancies 

 next season. The blackberry failure is not entirely his fault, but the result 

 of a swindle. He sent to a widely advertised firm for Erie plants. Late 

 in the season he received a box containing pieces of roots about five inches 

 long, with a letter stating inability to furnish plants, but taking the liberty 

 to " substitute root cuttings, which would do just as well." Such a swindle 

 should be punished by recourse to law and wide exposure, but in this case 

 the amount is not large and the swindled party not given to litigation, so 

 he will quietly submit, and I suppose the firm will repeat their methods 

 another year. — Vick's Magazine. 



