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RIBES MULTIFLORUM. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This is a native of the Carpathian moun- 
tains, a part of the world the vegetable 
productions of which are not so muc 
known as they ought to be in this country, 
although they are so well adapted for our 
climate. Mr. Hove, who introduced it 
a few years since, found no fruit on it, nor 
has it produced any with us. It grows 
very well in any garden soil or situation, 
and may be increased by cuttings or layers. 
All spring flowers are acceptable, even if, 
like the — they may not be very 
splendid. “ When the sun in the spring 
draws near our part of the earth, how do 
all things congratulate its approach! The 
earth looks green, the trees shoot forth, the 
plants revive, and all things smile upon us. 
If we should but try a life with God, and 
keep these hearts above, what a spring of 
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