BROMPTON STOCKS. Ill 



it, a rare little plant, the Rubus arcticus : this 

 plant bears a small pink flower, resembling that 

 of the common blackberry, to which family it 

 belongs ; and though, in appearance, like a 

 blackberry, it is very delicious to eat. 



I had nearly ended my letter, without giving 

 you a valuable piece of information, which is, 

 that you must not fail to sow, in an eastern 

 border, and in fine sifted mould, some Bromp- 

 ton stock seed, to have plants which will flower 

 next spring ; if you can put a hand-glass over 

 the seeds till they come up, so much the bet- 

 ter ; after they are up, take off the glass. 



I should have been sorry if I had forgotten 

 this; because, next year, owing to my care- 

 lessness, you w r ould have been without stock 

 plants, for these are to be kept through the 

 winter, to flower in the spring. I must not be 

 vSO careless of your interests in future. I fear, I 



