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leaves are long, dark green and shining, often but tliree 

 in number, and the flowers are white, yellow and rose- 

 colored. But the Banksias are tender roses, and are 

 valuable only in warm climates. 



Cherokee roses do not get their meed of praise in this 

 day and time. Their waxen white blossoms, thick and 

 shining, with clusters of golden stamens nestling in the 

 midst, their shining foliage and quick, rapid growth 

 should make them more general favorites. 



But the old wild sweet-brier is, to my mind, the sweet- 



est June rose of all. Its single pink flowers have a grace 

 and beauty inimitable, and after a warm summer shower, 

 or when wet with morning or evening dew, the fragrance 

 of its foliage makes fields, gardens and hedgerows sweet. 

 After all, we cannot improve upon it, with all our doub- 

 ling and crossing and hybridizing. It should be given a 

 corner all to itself in every garden, and allowed to tangle 

 over it, without pruning or cultivation, in its own sweet 

 wild way. 



Norlh Carolina. L. Greenlee. 



S\vcct=bncv JGusb, /ID'? Soul woulu Uist to Tlbcc. 



Sweet-trier bush, iiiv soul would list to thee. 



For breathing iiicense from thy stoned tongue 



T>oth hold the briefs of all that hath been sitng 

 Of love and law, of art and history. 

 To learn thjy riddle solves all nvysterj'. 



Thy primal root, embalmed when earth was roiiiig. 



Hath on the scroll of grief its garments flung ; 

 Thy virent hud fortelleth bliss to be. 

 The golden rays of thy divided stem 



TDiscern life-motives in evolving stars; 

 Their parted leaves, might we interpret them, 



Rosar.ial steps disclose to sacred bars ; 

 Thy spurs, as peaks of Galapagos'' sea, 

 €May moor the ark of proved philosophy. 



— H. Chandler. 



Buffalo, N. y. 



RASPBERRIES FOR HOME AND MARKET. 



SOMF. COMPARISONS WITH THE STRAWBERRY. 



14 to iS cents a quart wholesale, cannot fail to be profit- 

 able when the bushes are well cultivated. 



It is very important in raspberry culture that hardy va- 

 rieties be selected. No matter how early or fine-fruiting 

 a variety may be, if it winter-kills, discard it; it will not 

 be profitable. If one has a young orchard, and the trees 

 are set as they should be, 25 or 30 feet apart, this would 

 be a fine place for growing red raspberries. But they 

 should be well cultivated, the soil well fertilized and the 

 rows kept free from weeds. The partial shade from the 

 tree will be an .advantage to the plants. 



Don't make the mistake of setting raspberry rows too 

 near together. It is better to have the plants form a 

 continuous hedge in the rows than to have the rows so 

 near together that a horse and cultivator cannot be run 

 over the plantation every spring. Seven feet is near 

 enough to set raspberry rows, as the intervening space 

 will gradually be contracted by the growth of plants. 



Raspberry bushes should be pruned early and merci- 

 lessly. Varieties such as Cuthbert and Turner make a 

 tall, rampant growth. If properly pruned, when their 

 canes are two or three feet high, and the laterals well 

 trained, so that they may not become scrawly, thick bushy 

 plants, that will yield immense crops of fruit, are soon 

 formed. 



Maine. Lyman A. Abbott. 



nS A MARKET berry, no one, especially 

 the amateur, should build too high 

 hopes on the raspberry. For home use 

 you cannot get cheated, if you place 

 canfidence in it, because it is one of 

 the best berries for family use, and 

 comes m season immediately after the 

 strawberry. The raspberry, too, unlike the strawberry, 

 is excellent for canning, for jellies, and for preserving. 

 Raspberry preserve has a most delicious flavor, peculi- 

 arly its own. There is no way to preserve the straw- 

 berry's flavor and lusciousness after it goes into the ket- 

 tle. Heat and sugar almost destroys the distinctive acid 

 strawberry flavor, so enjoyable in fruits fresh from the 

 vines. 



But when we come to profitable marketing, the straw- 

 berry is superior to the raspberry. Still, there are mar- 

 kets where the Cuthbert raspberry may be made quite 

 profitable. I have been speaking in a relative way con- 

 cerning the two berries. The raspberry has this advant- 

 age ; A plantation once set, if rightly handled, will last 

 for several years, while the strawberry plant must be 

 renewed bi-annually. I know a fruit-grower who re- 

 ceived $450 an acre from a plantation of Cuthbert rasp- 

 berries during some seasons, but he lives near a city mar- 

 ket, and has practicallv no competition. Berries at from 



