DOWNINO'S SEEDLING GOOSEBERRY. 



Thanks to Mr. Charles Downinj; for liis constant efforts. The ))rescnt see(llin<j: 

 is one out of a lot of seedlinjrs from the Houghton, but it is the only superior 

 one in (lunlity and size, as it is one of the finest erect bushes among this family ; 

 a viiTorous and sturdy grower. 



liikc its ])arent, it seems rather more exempt from mould ; we have indeed seen 

 no disposition to moulding in any of these seedlings. We urged Mr. Downing 



to let it be projta- 

 gated ; but, as usual, 

 his modesty is rather 

 in the way of his love 

 of ])rogrcss and im- 

 jirovement. 



[Mr. Berckmans 

 has our thanks for 

 introducing the pub- 

 lic to a knowledge of 

 this important acqui- 

 sition. The fact that 

 it is " not yet propa- 

 gated for sale," might 

 be an argument for 

 withholding it from 

 publication, but this 

 would be to go upon 

 the plan of getting a 

 stock before letting it 

 be known; a mode too 

 often adopted, but 

 which can have no 

 weight with a journal 

 whose sole aim, in 

 such matters, is to 

 impart information. 

 In this respect, the 

 Horticulturist may be 

 naturally supposed to 

 differ from a work 

 liable to be swayed 

 by a commercial in- 

 terest. 



Houghton's Seed- 

 ling Gooseberry has 

 heretofore been con- 

 sidered one of the 

 large (and most pro- 

 lific) kind, and we therefore give a figure of it to contrast the size with that of 

 Downing's Seedling, which, it will be observed, is of much greater dimensions. — 

 Ed.J 



Hoiigliton's Seedling Gooseberry. 



