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shade of a hedge or fence."* In the first of these 

 cases, enclose a portion of the pond by stakes, fill 

 the bottom with stones, and on these place a stra- 

 tum of bog earth, raised to the ordinary level of the 

 pond, and upon this plant a few cranberries. The. 

 runners will soon and completely cover the bed, and. 

 your harvests will be both abundant and regular, 

 never suffering either from weather or insects. In 

 the other case, select or make a hollow, and within 

 it form a bed of bog earth, set your plants upon 

 this, and shade them on the south and east with 

 some quick growers, as Indian corn, or the butter 

 bean, &c. 



The CURRANT (Ribes rubrum). It is only of this 

 sort and its varieties that we shall speak, as the 

 fruits of the other species are rarely, if ever, admit- 

 ted to the table. This plant is evidently of north- 

 ern origin and habits, very indifferent to soil or sit- 

 uation, and regardless of weather ; growing wher- 

 ever planted, and never failing, when tolerably cul- 

 tivated, to give a plentiful crop. The varieties of it 

 are principally distinguished by colour, as the White, 

 the New White, and the White Crystal, the Large Red, 

 the Cluster Red, the Champagne Pale Red, and the 

 Dutch Pale Red. These are all propagated alike by 

 seeds, roots, and cuttings, but generally by the last 

 mode, which does not at all differ from that pre- 

 scribed (in the next article) for the gooseberry. 

 The only farther object of art in the management 

 of this plant, is to keep the head (which is much 

 disposed to become bushy) pervious to the sun and 

 air, the stem clean, and the roots unencumbered 

 with suckers. 



The GOOSEBERRY (Ribes grossularia). Though re- 

 ally a native of Piedmont, this plant maybe regard- 

 ed as a British production, as it is only in England 

 and Scotland where its cultivation is well under- 



* See Hort. Trans., vol. ii., p. 96. 



