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tops may be detached from the parent plants, 

 and put out 4 feet apart on moderately rich, 



Pig. 1056.— Logan Berry. 



well - cultivated ground. The 

 young canes should have their 

 tops pinched off, and in the fol- 

 lowing year, whilst they are 

 fruiting, new growths will de- 

 velop, these duly taking the 

 place of those cut out after fruit- 

 ing. 



Wineberry. — The Japanese 

 Wineberry (Bubas phoenicolasius) 

 (fig. 1057) is another plant that 

 may be associated with Black- 

 berries. In addition to producing 

 an abundance of ripe fruit early 

 in August, the plant is also dis- 

 tinctly ornamental in appearance, 

 or sufficiently so to merit a place 

 in the pleasure-grounds, and would 

 be a feature in the " wild garden" 

 if only the birds would not inter- 

 fere with the fruit. It is of the 

 same habit of growth as a Bramble, 

 the stems growing to a length 

 of from 6 to 10 feet, which are 

 covered with reddish hairs. The 

 fruit, borne closely together in 

 clusters, is wine-red in colour, 

 juicy, and agreeably acidulous. It 

 ripens very evenly, this admit- 

 ting of whole sprays being cut and dished 

 up for dessert purposes. The fruit can also 

 be made into an excellent preserve. It is propa- 



gated principally by layering the ends of shoots 

 in the autumn, and the young plants may be 

 planted out either in groups, or 4 feet 

 apart each way in a sunny position 

 and moderately rich, deeply cultivated 

 ground. The fruit is produced on the 

 canes formed the summer previous, 

 and these should be cut out after they 

 are exhausted. 



Cranberry. — -Two species of Oxy- 

 coccus (a near relation of Vacciniv/m) 

 yield the Cranberries that are now 

 largely used as food, namely, 0. palus- 

 tris, a widely-distributed little plant 

 which is abundant in peat-bogs in 

 some parts of the British Islands. It 

 is of creeping habit, with thin wiry 

 stems, tiny ovate leaves, deep-green 

 above, glaucous beneath, and small red 

 flowers succeeded by dark-red globose 

 berries \ inch in diameter. They ripen 



Fig. 1057.— Japanese Wineberry 

 (Rubus phosnicolasius). 



in August, and are gathered by pooi 

 sold to fruiterers, 0(*c. 



It would be easy to establish a pi 



people and 

 antation of 



