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the consequence, on the contrary, if an j strong. They are first to be deprived 

 early variety is planted for a main crop of about two or three inches of the 

 later in the spring, when extraordinary : point, and cut into lengths often inches 



pains in keeping them cold and dry 

 have not been employed to check their 

 vegetation, and consequent decrease of | 

 vital energy ? Such crop, then, is more 

 than any other liable to the disease, 

 and a good preventive has been sug- 



or a foot, according to the size and 

 strength of the shoots. 



Then, with a sharp knife, divest each 

 shoot of the whole of its buds, except- 

 ing three or four nearest the top of the 

 cutting, which must be left to form the 



gested by Dr. Lindley, namely, that of branches of tlie future plant, 

 planting "the tubers in autumn, imme- : Rubbing off the buds is not sufficient; 

 diately after they have ripened. The they require to be picked out, or pared 

 results of my view of the disease, sus- ; very close, to prevent them from throw- 

 tained by numerous experiments, a're, ing up suckers, which materially affect 

 that it will never occur if the following the growth of the plants, and rob the 

 points are attended to: — First, that the fruiting branches of most of their nou- 

 sets are from tubers that exhibit scarcely rishment, when not displaced in proper 

 any symptoms of incipient vegetation ; time. The small buds towards the base 

 to effect which they ought, throughout of the cutting are always the most trou- 

 the winter, to be preserved as cool and blesome in this respect, and great care 

 as mucli excluded from the air as pos- , should be taken to remove them efFect- 

 sible. Secondly, that the tubers should ually before the cutting is inserted in 

 be perfectly ripened. .Thirdly, that they j the ground. 



should be planted immediately after i Immediately underneath the part 

 they are cut. Fourthly, that the ma- which the lowest bud occupied make a 

 nure applied should be spread regular- clean horizontal cut, without displacing 

 ly, and mixed with the soil, and not any portion of the bark, and the cutting 

 along a trench in immediate contact ! is then complete. 



with the sets. Fifthly, that the crop is 

 not raised for several successive years 

 on the same area." — Principles of Gar- 

 dening. 



CURRANT. {Rihes.) 



Black Currant. {R. nigrum.) 



1. Black Grape. 



2. Black Naples, largest and best. 



3. Common Black. 



4. Russian Green. 



Red Currant. {R. rubrum.) 

 \. Common Red. 

 '2. Red Dutch, large and good. 



3. Knight's Large Red, largest. 



4. Knight's Sweet Red, large, and not 



so acid as other red varieties. 



5. Knight's Early Red. 

 Champagne. 



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7 



red and white stripes 

 S. Striped-leaved. 

 9. Rock Currant. 



White Currant. {R. album.) 



1. Common White. 



2. White Dutch, largest and best. 



3. Pearl White. 



4. Speary's White. 

 Soil. — Any fertile garden soil suits 



them. 



Propagation. — By Cuttings. — The 

 best shoots for propagating from are 



A small spot is next to be dug and 

 got ready for them, and if it can be 

 obtained in a situation that is rather 

 shaded than otherwise, so much the 

 better. 



The cuttings are then to be inserted 

 in rows a foot apart, six or eight inches 

 asunder, and two or three inches deep, 

 and the earth firmly pressed around 

 them, either with the hand, or by plac- 

 ing one foot on each side of the row, and 

 treading it from one end to the other. — 

 Gard. Chron. 



Observe, those designed for common 

 standards should be trained up to a 

 twelve or fifteen inch stem, then en- 

 courage them to branch out all round 

 at that height to form a full head, for if 



Striped-fruited — berries marked with suffered to branch away immediately 



I from the bottom, they overspread the 

 ground, that no crops can grow near 

 them, as well as appear unsichtly, and 

 render it inconvenient to do the neces- 

 sary work — thin the branches to mode- 

 rate distances. 



By Suckers. — All the sorts are too 

 apt to send up suckers from the roots ; 

 each sucker forming a proper plant is 

 the most expeditious mode of propa- 

 gating. They may be taken up in 

 autumn, winter, or spring, with roots, 



those that are fully ripened, and not too 1 or even such as are without fibres will 



