66 VINE. GENUS RI'BES. 



are furnished with valves, as well as Myoso'tis. 

 The Mouse-ear is also called Forget-me-not. 



The Vine, Vi'tis, is a genus of this class. The 

 common species, vinif era, which produces grapes, 

 is a native of the south of Europe, where a great 

 many varieties are cultivated, from which different 

 kinds of wine are obtained. The fruit, you know, 

 is generally produced in hot-houses in this part of 

 England ; but it grows and ripens very well in the 

 open air in some of the southern counties. And 

 formerly the vine flourished so well in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, that wine was made there 

 in considerable quantities. Lee and Kennedy's 

 nursery-garden, at Hammersmith, is still called 

 the Vineyard, from the goodness of the grapes 

 which were at one time produced there. 



The Currant and Gooseberry are also in the 

 class Pentandria, and order Monogynia. Their 

 generic name is Ri'bes. 



EDWARD. 



Then are currants and gooseberries of the same 

 genus ? They look very different from each 

 other, 



MOTHER. 



When you examine the plants, you will find 

 that their botanical characters agree. Each of the 

 little yellowish flowers of a currant or gooseberry- 

 bush has five petals, which, as well as the sta- 



