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And more recently 



Versaillaise, Gloire des Sablons, 



La Cancaee, Belle de Fontenay, 



Imperial, rouge, Cerise a longue grappes, 



Imperial, jaune, Fertile Precoce d'Angera. 



In our own country we have originated 



Lovett's Seedling, Prince's Albiness, large transpa- 



Prince's Coral, large red, rent white, 



and several other fine seedlings, not yet named nor disseminated. 



The varieties of the Ribes nigrum, or European Black currant, have a 

 peculiar musky odor, unpleasant to most persons, but which is lost when 

 made into jelly or conserves. The Ribes floridum, or American Black cur- 

 rant, possesses also an unpleasant perfume. The Ribes Missouriensis, of 

 which there are six or seven varieties in our gardens, produces showy yellow 

 flowers, some being fragrant and black, blue, red, yellow, or golden fruit 

 of no unpleasant odor, but there are none of these berries as palatable as 

 are those of the Ribes rubrum. 



I will now present a catalogue of the varieties cultivated in gardens. 



Attractor, white. 



American, black. 



Bang-up, black. 



Belle de Fontenay. 



Black English. 



Black Naples or Grape. 



Champagne, flesh-colored. 



Cherry or Cerise, red. 



Cherry, long bunched, or Cerise a 



longues grappes, red. 

 Fertile d'Angers, red. 

 Fertile Precoce de Palnau, red. 

 Gloire des Sablons, striped berries. 

 Golden or Orange. 

 Gondoin, red. 

 Gondoln, white. 

 Green or Brown fruited. 

 Hative de Bertin, red. 

 Imperial Rouge. 

 Imperial Jaune. 

 Knight's Early Red. 

 Knight's Sweet Red. 

 Knight's Large Red. 

 La Caucase. 

 Large Red Boulogne, 

 Large White Boulogne. 

 Lovett's Seedling. 



Magnum Bonum, red. 

 Maple-leaved Red. 

 Maple-leaved Black. 

 Missouri Black. 

 Missouri Blue, sweet. 

 Missouri Violet, large. 

 Missouri Red. 

 Missouri Yellow. 

 Missouri Golden. 

 Pearly Transparent. 

 Prince Albert, red. 

 Prince's Albiness. 

 Prince's Coral. 

 Red Dutch. 

 Red Grape. 

 Red Provence. 

 Short-bunched Red Dutch, 

 Variegated-leaved Red. 

 Variegated-leaved White. 

 Versaillaise. 

 Victoria, red. 

 White Dutch. 

 White Grape. 

 White Pearl. 

 White Provence. 

 White Transparent. 



GUANO FROM THE PACIFIC. 



Mr. Meigs : 



Members will recollect that this Club, a short time ago, recommended to 

 the United States Government to claim the guano islands discovered by 

 our citizens, and which were out of the jurisdiction of other nations. It 



