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able assistant to the gardener; but, like all powerful agents, it requires 
to be used with caution. 
In connection with the subject, I may mention a circumstance in 
which the frequent application of soap-suds to a Deodar greatly accele¬ 
rated its growth. The tree alluded to stood on a lawn in front of a 
gentleman’s dressing-room window, and was one of several similar in 
size, planted at the same time. To the one in question, the owner, at 
frequent intervals during the spring and summer, was wont to carry 
the contents of his washing-basin, at first without any idea of accelerating 
its growth ; but after the first year, witnessing the beautiful effect of the 
application, he followed it up designedly. From thus constantly attending 
to, and watching the growth of, the tree, he became, as he assured me, 
quite attached to it, and never failed to point it out to his friends as the 
greatest favourite in his garden. It was worthy of all his admiration 
and attachment. G. L. 
RED RASPBERRIES. 
I have written several articles—whether worthy of approbation or 
reprobation your readers must decide,—.and now I ask the favour of 
some one of them to help me in my distress. But before I detail that 
distress, I would ask, admitting that the Potato is the most indispensable 
vegetable, and the Apple (my best eating Apple is the Ribston, 
and my best pudding Apple is the Lion), is the most useful of 
fruits (for it may be kept longer than any other, and can be applied to 
more purposes than any others), which of the perishable fruits is more 
delicious than the Raspberry. No doubt tastes differ as to fruits and 
vegetables. Some will say, give me Strawberries. Well, I admit that 
this is good taste ; but let such one remember that Raspberries are also 
delicious, and that they have these advantages over Strawberries, viz., 
they are far more eatable as jam, because they are not so luscious; and 
moreover they may be used to produce that refreshing reagent to the 
sick room called raspberry vinegar. In a raw state they are equally 
grateful to the palate of a fever patient, and, with or without red 
Currants, may be used for tarts; while Strawberries, so far as I have 
seen, are not so used. 
Do not think that I do not appreciate Strawberries, for I have 
a large array in fine condition for fruit bearing (except the young 
Queens, which look yellow and bad), and with them I take great pains 
throughout the year ; and, in addition to those mentioned in a former 
article, I have had sent to me on trial, and on which I shall report at 
the fall,—Ananias Lecoq, Adair, Madame Malverin, Carolina superba, 
Eremont’s Perpetual, or double bearer ; Fertilised Hautbois, and lastly, 
the two latest bearing Strawberries—Eleanor and Elton Pine, which 
are said to be good for preserving ; but I feel at present more interested 
in my red Raspberries, which are in bad condition, just as a parent 
thinks most of, and sympathises most with, a sick child. 
My case is this. Believing Peruvian guano to be one of the best 
and cheapest manures, I put it on my Raspberry bed too thickly and 
