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should be shortened to twelve or eighteen inches, according 
to their, growth, so that they may not over-bear, and also to 
keep the fruit from the ground. When the new wood of the 
second year has made a growth of three feet it should be 
checked by cutting it off. The old wood should be removed 
each year, as soon as the fruit is gathered, and the new shor¬ 
tened in. After July never cut or break any of the growing 
branches. 
Garden Cidture .—All the advantages of house culture may 
be secured by planting quite closely together and mulching 
the ground heavily with any course material. 
Experience teaches us that respberries Can be more success¬ 
fully cultivated in Wisconsin than any other fruit. May Di¬ 
vine Providence speed the day when Wisconsin shall be as 
noted for her raspberries as some of her sister states are for their 
peaches and other fruits. 
The secretary then laid before the society the following 
LETTER FROM JOHN A. WARDER. 
Cleves, (0^.) 12th mo. 31, 1868. 
0. S. Willey, Esq., 
Secretary Wisconsin Horticultural Society : 
My Very Dear Sir: —I wish it were possible to expres to you and to my 
good friends in Wisconsin the. disppointment which I felt that I was unable 
to accept your invitation last fall. I had quite set ray heart upon being with 
you, but could not get away. And now, must inform you that my engage¬ 
ments at Champaign are for a course of from 12 to 20 lectures. The man¬ 
agers allow me but four each week, commencing with January 12 prox., and 
I shall not get through by the 2d of February ; if I can get away at that time 
it will afford me great pleasure to meet with my good friends of Wisconsin, 
for whose esteem I have a very high regard. * «• ^^ * * * 
I am delighted to learn that you horticulturists are doing so much as you 
report, at and about the Agricultural College—just what we might have ex¬ 
pected from such a noble set of fellows. This institution"alone would attract 
one to your beautiful city of lakelets, about which I have read such charm 
ing accounts, and whfch I have been so anxious to behold. 
The botanical exploration of your state would indeed be a most valuable 
labor, and should be undertaken by the legislature. A report upon the 
plants of Wisconsin would indeed be very valuable, and.you have the men 
to do it. Your Lapham’s report on grapes is one of the best, indeed the very 
best one extant in any of our states. Yours, very truly, 
JNO. A. WARDER. 
