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they may be taken from the old 

 Plants, and each placed in a Icpi- 

 rate Pot, fill'd with trefh light Earth. 

 The beft Time tor tranfplanting 

 of theie Plants is in April, obferving 

 to water and fliade them until they 

 have taken Root, after which they 

 may be expofed with Myrtles, 

 OleamlerSf and other hardy Exoticks, 

 during the Summer Seafon, and 

 in Winter muft be houfed with 

 them, being equally as hardy, and 

 only require to be fcrcencd from 

 fevere Frc^. 



Thefe Plants do rarely produce 

 Flowers in England, but as they 

 retain their Leaves all the Winter, 

 and may eafily be reduced to a re- 

 gular Head, £o they are preserved 

 tor the Diversity of their Leaves, 

 which adds to the Variety of a 

 Green-houfe. 



RIBES : The Currant-Tree. 

 The Characters arej 



If hath no Fricklesi the Leaves 

 gire large ; the Flower conjlfts of five 

 Leaves, which are placed in a cir- 

 cular Order, and do expand in Form 

 cf a Rofe ; the Ovary, which arifes 

 from the Centre of the Flower-cup, 

 becomes a globular Fruit, which are 

 produced in Bunches* 

 The Species are ; 



1. R1BES5 vulgaris, acidus, ruber. 

 J, B, Common red Currant. 



2. Rises i major, fruSiu rubro. 

 H, Fyfi. The large Dutch red 

 Currant. 



3. RiBESi vulgaris, acidus, albas, 

 baccas ferens. J-. JS. Common white 

 Currant. 



4. RiBES 5 quA Groffidaria, hor- 

 tenfis, major e fruBu albo. H, R, Far. 

 Large Dutch white Currant. 



5'. RiBEs i major fruBu cameo. 

 The Champaign Currant, vulgo. 



6. RiBEs; Alpinus dulcis. J-, B. 

 The Goofeberry-leav'd Currant. 



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7. RiBEs; fru5lu parvo. Merr, 

 Fin. The fmall wild Currant. 



S. RiBEs; nigrum vulgo dictum, 

 folio olente. J. B. The Black Cur- 

 rant. ^ 



9. RiBEs j vulgaris, foliis Ar luteo 

 variegatis. The Yellow ftrip'd- 

 Icav'd Currant. 



10. RiBES j vulgaris, foliis ex 

 albo elegant er variegatis. The com- 

 mon Currant, with Leaves beau- 

 tifully variegated with Green and 

 White. 



1 1. RiBESj fruciu albo, foliis ex 

 albo variegatis. The white Cur- 

 rant, with ftrip'd Leaves. 



i%. RiBESj Alpinus dulcis, foliis 

 variegatis. The llri,p'd Goofeberry- 

 leav'd Currant. 



13. RiBEs j fru5iH nigro, foliis 

 variegatis. The black Currant with 

 llrip'd Leaves. 



14. RiBEs i Americana, fruciu 

 nigro. The American black Cur- 

 rant. 



The five firfl: mention'd Sorts arc 

 preferv'd in all curious Gardens for 

 the Sake of their Fruits : Indeed 

 of late Years, the common red and 

 white Currants have been neglected, 

 fince the Dutch red and white have 

 become plenty in England; thefe 

 producing much larger and fairer 

 Fruit to the Sight than the com- 

 mon Sorts^ though I think the 

 common Sorts are much better 

 flavour'd , £0 that they fhould not 

 be entirely negledted by fuch as are 

 curious in Fruits. 



The fixth Sort is preferved as 

 a Curiofity, by fuch who delight 

 in Variety, but the Fruit is not 

 valuable. 



The feventh Sort Is found wild 

 in England. The Fruit of this Kind 

 is fmall, and very tart, which ren- 

 ders it unworthy of being culti- 

 vated in Gai'dens. 



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