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Year before the Plants will appear. 

 The beft Method of raifing thefe 

 Plants from Seeds is, to fow them in 

 Pots of light Earth, and place them 

 under an Hot-bed-frame in the Win- 

 ter, where they may be conltantly 

 expos'd to the open Air in mild 

 Weather ; but mould be cover'd in 

 hard Froft. And if the Pots are 

 plung'd into fome old Tanners Bark, 

 which has no Heat, this will pre- 

 vent the Earth from drying, as alio 

 keep out the Froft. When the 

 Plants come up, they will require no 

 other Care but to water them in dry 

 Weather ; and if, the following 

 Winter, the Pots are plac'd in Shel- 

 ter, it will fecure the Plants from 

 being injur'd by Froft ; and in the 

 Spring, before they begin to fhoot, 

 they mould be tranfplanted into 

 Nurfery -beds, where they may grow 

 a Year or two ; by which time they 

 will have obtained Strength enough 

 to be planted where they are to re- 

 main. 



The four firlt -mention'd Sorts 

 propagate themfelves fo faft by 

 Suckers, that their Seeds are feldom 

 fown ; but the fifth feldom produces 

 any Suckers, which occafions its be- 

 ing fcarce in the Gardens ; for the 

 Seeds do not ripen in England. 



The African Sorts are all pre- 

 ferv'd in Pots or Tubs, and houfcd 

 in Winter, being too tender to en- 

 dure the Cold of this Climate in the 

 open Air. Theijg may be propagated 

 by laying down their young Branches 

 into frefh Earth ; obferving to water 

 them duly in dry Weather, which 

 will greatly forward their Rooting. 

 In two Years they will be fit to tranf- 

 plant ; when they maybe taken from 

 the old Plants, and each placed in a 

 feparate Pot fill'd with frefh light 

 Earth. The bedtime for tranfplant- 

 ing of thefe Plants* is in April, ob- 

 ferving >to water and made them un- 



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til they have taken Roof ; afte? 

 which they may be expos'd with 

 Myrtles, Oleanders, and other hardy 

 Exotics, during the Summer-feafon, 

 and in Winter muft be houfcd with 

 them ; being equally as hardy, and 

 only require to be fcreened from fe- 

 vere Froft. 



Thefe Plants rarely produce Flow- 

 ers in England ; but as they retain 

 their Leaves all the Winter, and may 

 eafily be reduced to a regular Head, 

 they are preferved for the Diverfity 

 of their Leaves, which adds to the 

 Variety of a Green-houfe. 



RIBES, The Curran-tree. 

 The Char afters are ; 



// hath no Prickles ; the Leaves 

 are large ; the Flower covjifts only of 

 five Leaves, which are placed in a 

 circular Order ; and expand in form 

 of a Rofe : the Ovary, which arifes 

 from the Centre of the Flower-cup, be- 

 comes a globular Fruity which is pro- 

 duced in Bunches. 



The Species are ; 



1. Rises vulgaris acidus ruler. 

 J. B. Common red Curran. 



2. Rises major, fruftu rubro. H. 

 Eyft. The large Dutch red Cur- 

 ran. 



3. Rises vulgaris acidus albas 

 baccas ferens. J. B. Common white 

 Curran. 



4. Ribes qute groffularia bortenfis, 

 majors fruftu alio. H. R. Par. Large 

 Dutch white Curran. 



5. Rises major, fruftu cameo. 

 The Champaign Curran, vulgo. 



6. Rises Alpinus aula's. J. B. 

 The Goofberry-leav'd Curran. 



7. Riees fruftu parvo. Merr. Pin* 

 The fmall wild Curran. 



8. Rjbes nigrum vulgo diftum, fo- 

 lio oknte. J .B. The black Curran. 



9. Rises vulgaris, foliis ex lutco 

 variegatis. The yellow ftrip'd- 

 leav'd Curran. 



10. Rises vulgaris* foliis ex albo 



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