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[Entered nccorcUng to Act ot Congress, in the ye;ir 1S75, by the Rural Publishing Compnny, In the onice of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.] 
The system of pruning you recommend 
differs but slightly from our own, and wo 
should probably agree with you on all points 
of cultivating black raspberries under similar 
circumstances and for the same purpose. 
But we belieye In staking the plantn from the 
start, as the losses from the breaking down 
of the canes and the spattering of the fruit 
upon the lower branches, are sufficient to pay 
the extra cost of the stakes and tying up. 
Secondly, those who do not raise plants for 
sale have no occasion to shorten the canes in 
order to get the tips down to the ground in 
the fall or in time for layering. 
The pinching oil the endsof the caneswhile 
young and growing rapidly, say when three 
or four feet high, certainly tends to make 
them grow more stocky and produce much 
stronger lateral branches than when left to 
grow unchecked ; but pinching is one pro¬ 
cess, and the allowing of the canes to grow 
nearly or quite their full length and then cut 
down to three or four feet, is quite another, 
and the latter is what wo have protested 
against in some late notes which have ap¬ 
peared in the Rural. 
Practical fruit cultumts differ very little 
in their practice in the management of rasp¬ 
berries, but the novice frequently fails to 
understand the difference between the pinch¬ 
ing off the ends of the growing canes and 
branches, and the cutting off of a number of 
fully developed leaves, or a portion of nearly 
or quite mature wood. Experience in such 
matters becomes a guide to the grower, 
showing him just when to prune, and how 
much, to bring the results desired. 
The practice recommended of waiting un¬ 
til the young plants are a foot high before 
transplanting them, is one whch we have 
adopted with excellent success in our own 
grounds. Where the cut-worms are t rouble¬ 
some, they can be effectually checkmated by 
The streets are about a hundred feet wide, 
with triple rows of Oaks of fine Growth. 
Whore streets are narrow', trees of pyramidal 
or upright growth should be chosen, of which 
some of the cut-leaved weeping Birches are 
good examples. Wider streets may have 
Maples and Horse Chestnuts, while the wid¬ 
est of all may be planted with spreading 
Elms. He further suggests that some par¬ 
ticular tree be planted exclusively in one 
street and another sort in another street, 
which would give a characteristic expression 
to each street; and he justly objects to the 
common practice of trimming and mutilating 
trees year after year. If left nearly untouch¬ 
ed, their full form will become developed, 
and for this reason the trees should not be 
crowded but have abundance of room.” 
PRUNING RASPBERRIES 
ARTIFICIAL ROCK-WORK FOUNTAIN 
In a late Rural I notice an article on trim¬ 
ming raspberries. As there seems to be a 
difference of opinion on this subject, I give 
you our experience on large plantations. The 
first year all black-caps branch so low down 
as to need but little attention. Towards 
spring we go through and clip off all branches 
to one foot long ; then, as soon as the new 
growth appears, pinch the end of cane when 
eighteen inches high and keep all laterals 
pinched in, to say, eight inches new growth 
after each pinching until August 1st, then 
let them grow and layer by the 30th, by 
dibbling in the tips. No matter how green 
they may be, this gives good strong tips. 
Cut out old wood as soon ns done fruiting, 
but nover cut off uuy new growth while 
growing. If any are weak wait till late in 
the fall or early spring, then cutoff all that 
do not promise to be vigorous, and manure 
them. By following tin’s course and giving 
good cultivation a plantation will last seven 
or eight; n ; but great care mast be taken 
not to neglect the new growth, as when at 
the right bight the canes grow very rapidly, 
and often two days of neglect will seriously 
injure, the plantation. 
We have found that in making new plan¬ 
tations we have the best success in letting 
the tips grow sLx inches high, then trans¬ 
planting us we do cabbage. By this means 
we keep the ground, where they are to be 
planted, free from weeds until they can be 
worked with u cultivator, and they are very 
sure to grow. For distant shipment this is 
not convenient, but for home planting we 
much prefer it. J. B. .Tones. 
Rochester, N. Y. 
The Fountain herewith illustrated was de¬ 
signed and constructed (at “ Dunmore,” in 
Baltimore Co., Md.,) some years ago, by Mr. 
J. Wilkinson, the noted Landscape Gardener 
and Architect of Baltimore, and is acknowl¬ 
edged to be one of the most beautiful private 
fountains in this country, it is delightfully 
located among scattering gigantic forest 
trees, interspersed with smaller ones in great 
variety, yet sufficiently open to admit the 
genial influence of the sun, so essential in 
maintaining over the entire surface of the 
lawn a rich, fine, green turf. As it would be 
inappropriate to surround the rustic rock- 
work by an architectural parapet, the nat¬ 
ural order of decoration is adopted, harmon¬ 
izing the features of the fountain with Its 
surroundings. The pool around the rook- 
work is circular, some thirt y feet in diameter, 
and is capsule-shaped in the bottom, so that 
the water, which is some two and a half feet 
in depth around the rock-work, gradually 
diminishes until the white pebble bottom, 
the surface of the water and the green mar¬ 
gin, all blend in the bounds of the pool, pro¬ 
ducing a beautiful effect. In the recesses, 
under the projections of the rock-work, are 
wrought pockets, which are filled with suit¬ 
able soli and planted with water-lilies and a 
variety of other aquatic plants, on the foliage 
of which the jet falls irregularly, being varied 
by the most gentle breeze. [Our illustration 
is from a fine photograph of the scene repre¬ 
sented.] 
ARBORICULTURAL NOTES, 
Dwarf Dear Trees. — Illinois correspond¬ 
ents complain that the severe cold loat win¬ 
ter has killed moat of the dwarf pear trees. 
Plant more in their places. Such a winter 
as that of 1875 is not likely to come once in 
twenty years. By planting varieties which 
have proved most hardy, and possibly select¬ 
ing standards ruthur than dwarfs, good fruit 
of some kind may everywhere be grown. 
Were this untrue of any section of country 
we should consider such locations unworthy 
of habitation by civilized people. 
A Polygxmous Mulberry, hearing an 
abundance of mule and female catkins is 
mentioned by the London (Eng.) Journal of 
Horticulture. This is an unusual occurrence, 
as the Mulberry generally met with in gar¬ 
dens produces female flowers only. 
Tree-Planting Clubs are good institutions 
in localities where roads and streets are un¬ 
adorned, and will speedily add many dollars 
to the value of farms in any neighborhood. 
ABOUT STREET PLANTING 
It seems that our level headed friend Ell- 
w anger (of the celebra- _ ___ 
judicious planting either 
in Europe or America. 
POMOLOGICAL NOTES. 
Hale's Peach. — W. 
B. Bate HAM writes to 
the Ohio Farmer that a 
liberal application of 
ashes about the roots 
of Hale’s Early and other 
peaches iobject to rot 
will do much to prevent 
the malady. One gen¬ 
tleman who used tan¬ 
nery ashes as a fertilizer 
sold *33 worth of Hale’s 
Early peaches from ten 
trees. Possibly the fact 
that Hale’s Early rots 
badly on some soils and 
not at all or slightly on 
others may be explained 
by the different amounts 
of potash which each 
contain. 
The Peach Crop still 
promises to be unusual¬ 
ly large. Even in Can¬ 
ada West, where the 
buds were said to be 
destroyed, the fruit is 
coming forward finely 
and abundantly. 
