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tlnf^s, which fiiould be planted in pots filled with ftrcngth, and then be planted where they arc to 



loamy earth the beginning of April, and plunged in- 

 to a very moderate hot-bed, covering them dole with 

 hand or bell-glafles, and fcreening them from the fun 

 in the heat of the day. The cuttings (hould be now 

 and then refrefhcd with water, but it ihould not be 

 given in too great quantity. With this manage- 

 ment they will put out roots in about two months, 

 and v/hen they begin to Ihoot, they fhould have air 

 admitted to them, and be gradually hardened to bear 

 the open air, into which they muft be removed, 

 placing them in a fheltered fituation ; and when the 

 cuttings have filled the pots with their roots, they 

 fiiould be fliaken out of the pots, and parted carefully, 

 planting each into a feparate fmall pot, placing them 

 in thefhade uU they have taken new root, when they 

 may be intermixed with other exotic plants in a fhel- 

 tered fituation for the fummer, and in autumn re- 

 inoved into the green-houfe. 



The thirteenth fort grows naturally on the Ifland of 

 Ceylon ; this rifes with a woody ftalk ten or twelve 

 {tti high, fending out many branches, which are 

 cloathed with trifoliate leaves, {landing upon pretty 



The lobes of the leaves are oval. 



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main. This fiirub is fo hardy as to be feldom injured 

 by froflin England. 



RIBES. Lin. Gen. Plant. 247. Groflularia. Tourn. 



639. tab. 409. Ribefium. Dill. H. Ehh. 

 The Currant-tree. 



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long foot-ftalks, 



about two inches long, and an inch and a half broad, 



terminating in acute points ; they are thick, fmooth, 



and of a lucid green. The flowers are produced in 



Ipofe panicles at- the end of the branches ; they are of 



a whitifti herbaceous colour, and fmall. They fel- 

 dom appear in England, but when they do they are 



not fucceeded by feeds here. 



This plant is tender, fo muft be placed in a moderate 



ftove, otherwife it will not live through the winter in 



'England. It may be propagated by cutting^ in the 



' fame way as the former forts, but requires a warmer 



bed than thofe to promote their putting out roots, 

 i ^When they have good roots they Ihould be each'tranf- 

 -.- planted into a feparate fmall pot, and plunged into 

 j;;r the tan-bed, and treated iri the fame way as other ten- 

 -^•der exotic plants. ; ^-:^ - . ^ .^. 



* -The fourteenth fort is a native of the Cape of Good I - black Currant., . 



ne flower has a bellied empalement of one leaf cut at 

 the top into five concave obtufe fegments \ it hath five 

 fmall^ obtufe^ ere£I petals groiJiing to the border of the era- 

 palementj and five awl-ffmped Jlamina inferted in the em- 

 palement^ terminated by incumbent compreffed fumviits 

 opening at their border. "The roundifh germen is fitiiated 

 under the flower^ fupporting a bifid ftyle^ cro'U)ned by ob- 

 tufe ftigmas i /'/ afterzvard becomes a globular umbiU- 

 cated fruit with one celly containing many roundifh com- 

 preffed feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linnseus's fifth clafs, which includes thofe plants whofe 

 flowers have five ftamina and one ftyle. Dr. Lin- 

 naeus and Tournefort both join this to the Goofeberry, 

 making them the fame genus, which in a fyftem of 

 botany is very right ; but, as they are always fepa- 

 rated by gardeners, I have chofen to continue them 

 fo here. 



The Species are, 



RiBES {Rubrum) inerme, racemis glabris pendulis 



floribus planiufculis. Lin. Sp. Plant, 200. Currant 



without tbornSy having fmooth hanging bunches^ and plain 



flowers. Ribes vulgare acidum. J. B. 2. p. 97. Ccm- 



mon four Currant. 



2. RiBES (Jlpinum) inerme, racemis eredis, brafleis 

 fiore longioribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 200. Smooth Currant 



„ with cre£l bunches^ and bra£te^ longer than the flower, 

 Ribes Alpinum dulce. J. B. 2. p. 98. Sweet Alpine 



^'Currant. 





3. RiBES (i^^ inerme, racemis pilofis, floribus ob- 



-rflongTs; Lin. Sp. Plant. 201. ^/Cizrr^;^/ without fpines^ 

 ; leaving hairy branches ana oblong flowers^ Ribes vul- 

 garis fruftu nigro. Rudb» Flor. Lapp. 99. Common 







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-.Hope, where it grows to be^a^large Ihrub, but jn j 4, Rjbes {Americanum) inerme, racemis glabris, flori- 



bus campanujatis. . Currant with^ unarmed _ b;:ancbesy 



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.land it feldoni rifes more tRan five or fix feet hig.., 

 . ^ -^fending out many branches covered with a bright l)^^' and bell'fl)aped flowersV Rih^ 

 twbrown bark, garniflied with very narrow Vrifoliater^;^Ed. prior. American Black Currant. ," 



leaves, Handing on very long foot-ftalks Tthe flowers Uy^The firfl: fort grows naturally in the northern parts 

 ..•:;Come out in loofe panicles at the ends of the branches, r_ '■of Europe, but has been long cultivated in the gar- 

 ., and alfofroni the wings of the ilalks, of an herbaceous J ': dens, and greatly improved, fo that at prefent there 



colour, but are fmall, and fall away, without pro- I ^ are the following varieties in the Englifh garden j "the 



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This may be propagated by cuttings, which (hould 1.: white fruit, and another with pale fruit, which is com- 

 j;.^be planted in pots during the fummer feafon, plung- \- monly called the Champaign Currant ; but, fince the 



two forts of Dutch Currants have been introduced, 



-and become plenty in the gardens, the old red and 



^V^iiiyhite,QurfaDts have been almoft baniflied, fo that 



-they, are rarely to be found in the'Englilh gardens at 



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^-.^jng them into a moderate hot-bed, covering them 

 clofe with hahd-glaflTes •, Yfhen they have taken root, 

 they fhould be.e^ch plantedin^^.feparate^ppt, Ihading 

 them till they have taken new root*, and in the au- 



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tumn they muft be removed to a green-houfe. K-v ^! 

 The fifteenth fort prows naturally in Spain, Italy, and * 

 the Levant, where the leaves and brahches'are ufed 

 for "tanning * of leather ; this rifes with an, jrregular ' 

 Ihrubby ftalk to the height of ten of twelve feet, fend- 

 <; ing out many fpreading branches cohered with a' 

 : e fmooth browQ b^rk, garnifhed with Jingle, pb.verfe, 

 oval leaves about two inches long^ and^pf the fame 

 breadthj'^'rounded at their points, and ftand upon 

 •:^ long foot- ftalks; they are fmooth, ftifr, and ofalu- 

 ^fjCid green, having a ftrong midnb, from whence fe- 

 V^' verai tranfverfe veins^ run toward the border. The 





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""The fecond fort is kept in a few gardens for the fake 



;-,> X)f variety, but^ ^as "the fruit is very frnall and has lit- 



-tie flavour, it is not cultivated in the gardens, 'f 



*"The third fort grows naturally in Hel-etia, Sweden,. 



.jn.'and other northern countriesV and is fometimes culti- 



iijvated in' gardens' for its fruit, of ^ which is _made 



::::?ijftt>, which is greatly efteemed for forejhrpats, from 



vOiWher\ce the^fruit has ,been called Squinancy Berries, 



for their great ufe in quinfies. As this fruit has a 



,.-; .ftrong disagreeable flavour, it is rarely admitted to the 







-*;:jVerai traniverie veins run towara tne Doraer. ine 1^;^ table. —^^-2t?>r\'^^^^^f^^ : -K^^^r '^-h^ v^ 4- 



i^. flowers come out at the_end of the branches uponT r*. The fourth fort grows naturally in Penfylvania, 



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long hair-like foot-ftalks, Yfhich diyide,' and branch I ;^i .whence the plants were fent to Mr. Peter CoUinfon fe- 



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into large hair-like bunches^ of a purplifh colour ; 

 they are fmall, white, and compofed of five fmall 

 oval petals which fpread open ; thefe appear in July, 

 but are not fiicceeded by feeds in England. >. 



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;^,yeral years paft, and has been difperfed to moft parts 

 .of England fthis has been by fome thought to be the 

 fame with the common black Currant, but thofe who 

 have long cultivated it, know it. is very different j the 

 fhoots of this being much fmaller and more com- 

 pa<5l, the bark is of a darker colour, the leaves are 

 fmaller, thinner, fmoother, and have not a rank fmell 



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This plant IS cultivated for falc in the nurfery-gar- 



dens near London ; it is propagated by layers, which 



Ihould be laid down in the autumn, and by next au-' 



tumn they will havd taken rppt» when they nriay be {: - like thofe of the common fort, f The flowers are 



taken off from the old plants, and tranfplanted in a/ ['' fmaller, bell-fhaped, and grow, in thinner bunches -, 



nurfery, wheje^thexmay grow a year or two to'geti ^ the fruit is fmaller, and notib .rpujid i the plants of 



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