ENCYCLOP.EDIA OF GARDENING. 
kainit per square yard applied in autumn, & 1 oz. of nitrate of soda 
per square yard, applied in spring. (3) 1 oz. nitrate of soda, 402. each 
of sulphate of iron & superphosphate, to 1 gall. of water applied occa- 
sionally during summer. 
Market Cutrurz: Soil, moist loam for black currants; loam 
over gravel or chalk for red currants and gooseberries. Position, 
valleys for black currants; higher land for others. Usually grown as 
an under a in mixed plantations. Distance to plant, 6ft. Number 
of trees to plant an acre, 1,210, Cost of trees per acre, £12; prepar- 
ing sites, £7; manure, £5; planting, 14s.; total, £24 10s. Cost of 
cultivation per acre per annum: Digging & hocing, 32s.; pruning, 22s. ; 
gathering fruit, £6; manures, £5. Average yield per acre, two to 
three tons; returns (gross), £25 to £30; ditto (net), £12 to £16. 
Manures: 20 tons of stable manure per acre in autumn or winter; or 
34 cwt. bone-meal and 14 cwt. kainit per acre in winter, and 1} cwt. 
nitrate of soda when fruit has set. 
CULTURE OF FLOWERING CURRANTS: Soil, ordinary. Posi 
tion, sunny. Plant, Oct. to Feb. Prune directly after flowering only. 
Top-dress with decayed manure in autumn, Propagate by seeds sown 
$in. deep in ordinary fine soil outdoors in Sept. or Oct.; by cuttings 
6 to Sin. long, inserted in ordinary soil outdoors, Oct. to Feb.; by 
layering in autumn; suckers, Nov. to Feb. 
FRUITING SPECIES: R. grossularia (Gooseberry), N. Hemisphere; nigrum 
(Black Currant), N. Europe; rubrum (Red Currant), N. Hemisphere; rubrum 
album (White Currant). 
FLOWERING SPECIES: R. aureum (Buffalo Currant), yellow, April, 6 to 8 ft., 
N. America; ule aes yellow and red, April and May, 6 to 8 ft., hybrid; 
sanguineum (Flowering Currant), rose, May, 6 to 8 ft., California; and its varieties, 
album (White), atrorubens (red), atrosanguinea (dark red), carneum (rose), and 
carneum flore pleno (double). 
Riccarton’s Fuchsia (Fuchsia Riccartoni)—See Fuchsia. 
Rice-flower (Pimelea elegans)—See Pimelea. 
Rice-paper Plant (Fatsia papyrifera).—See Fatsia. 
Rice’s Acacia (Acacia ricsunal;—Sea Acacia, 
Richardia (Arum or Calla Lily; Lily of the Nile). -Ord. Aroidez. 
Greenhouse herbaceous perennials, 
CULTURE OF R. AFRICANA (Arum Lily): Compost, equal parts 
loam, cow manure, & coarse silver sand. Position, greenhouse or 
dwelling-room, Oct. to May; outdoors remainder of year. Repot an- 
nually in Aug or Sept. Water moderately Sept to March, freely March 
to May. Apply stimulants once a week during flowering period. Plant 
15in. apart in ordinary rich soil in sunny position outdoors in May, 
lift and repot in Aug. or Sept., singly in 5 or 6 in. yee Supply freely 
with water in dry weather when outdoors. Suitable stimulants, 4 oz. 
of Peruvian guano, 1 teaspoonful of Albert’s or Clay’s manures, 4 oz. 
nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia to 1 gall. of water. Temp., 
Sept. to March 40° to 55°; March to May 50° to 60°. 
CULTURE OF OTHER SPECIES: Compost, same as for R. afri- 
cana. Position, greenhouse, Oct. to June; cold frame remainder of 
year. Repot annually in Feb. Water moderately Feb. to April & 
Aug. to Oct., freely April to Aug.; keep nearly dry Oct. to Feb. Apply 
stimulants during Hoperiag uerled, Temp., Oct. to March 55° to 65°; 
March to Oct. 65° to 75°. Propagate by seeds sown } in. deep in loam, 
leaf-mould & saad, in temp. 65° to 75° in spring; division of plants 
when planting outdoors or repotting; suckers removed at potting time. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: R. cee Me Calla sethiopica), white, winter and 
