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gated, that every cottage gardener can rear 

 them ; and they are likewise so regular in 

 bearing, that it is seldom they are injured by 

 the weather. At the dessert, they are greatly 

 esteemed, being fo.und cooling and grateful 

 to the stomach ; and they are as much ad- 

 mired for their transparent beauty, as for 

 their medicinal qualities, being moderately 

 refrigerant, antiseptic, attenuant, and ape- 

 rient. They may be used with advantage 

 to allay thirst in most febrile complaints, to 

 lessen an increased secretion of bile, and to 

 correct a putrid and scorbutic state of the 

 fluids, especially in sanguine temperaments: 

 but in constitutions of a contrary kind, they 

 are apt to occasion flatulency and indiges- 

 tion. Brookes says, they strengthen the sto- 

 mach, excite appetite, and are good against 

 vomiting. 



Besides the red and the white currant, 

 the salmon colour, or champaigne, is culti- 

 vated for variety. The currant is a fruit that 

 will ripen early, when planted in a warm 

 situation, and may be retarded so as to 

 be gathered in good condition in the month 

 of November, when they are planted in a 

 northern aspect : thus, with care, a skilful gar- 

 dener will furnish a dessert of this fruit for 

 -six months, without the aid of artificial heat. 



