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METWOO OF CULTIVATING THE AMERICAN CRANBERRV 



VII. 



An Account of the Method of cultivating the American Cran- 

 oerry, vaeci rii um Macrocarpum, at Spring Grove. By 

 the. Right Hon. S ir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P- R.S- 



Cranberry cul 

 tivated with 

 success. 



Supply from 

 wafer. 



Artificial 

 island. 



HE American cranberry, the vaccinium macrocarpum, has 

 for some years been cultivated with success at Spring Grove, 

 and as the fruit of it is now become an object of some im- 

 portance in the economy of the family, a short account of 

 the management of this unimproved plant will it is tobe hoped 

 pro* e acceptable to the Members of this useful Society, and 

 not uninteresting to the Public at large. 



For the better understanding the intended communica- 

 tion it is necessary to premise, that a spring rises in a small 

 grove within the precincts of Spring Grove, which is no 

 doubt the origin of the name; this spring is carried in 

 leaden pipes into the house, to which it affords an ample- 

 supply ; the waste water is suffered to run through a small 

 basin and a pond in the pleasure ground, before it escapes 

 to Smallherry Green; to this constant supply of fresh water, 

 though it is very small, the great luxuriancy, with which wa- 

 ter plants of all kinds suitable to this climate succeed in 

 the pond, is no doubt in some degree to be attributed. 



In the middle of the basin, a small island has been /orm- 

 ed, by supporting a box of oak upon posts driven into the 

 bottom; in the centre of this pond, the waste water which 

 used before to issue through a fountain, is suilered to flow 

 in the form of a spring, which rises into a large shell of the 

 chama gigas, perforated for the purpose, imitates very well 

 a natural spring, and gives in hot weather an appearance 

 of freshness and coolness, very pleasant to those who walk in 

 the garden. 



The oafc box, which constitutes this artificial island, is 

 circular, 22 fee in diameter, and 13 inches deep; the botr 

 torn is 5 inches undei the surface of the water, and bored 



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