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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



CRANBERRIES. 



Cranberry, Oxycoccus Pahutrus, and the American species Oxycocaa Macro- 

 rarpus, — belong to the class and order Octandria Monogynia, and rank in the 

 natural order Erireer. The former is a native of peat-bogs in many parts of the north 

 of England and Scotland, and the latter is a native of similar places in North America. 

 It was brought into notice by the late Sir Joseph Banks, about 1812, and cultivated 

 by him in his garden at Spring Grove. The fonner species is now also occasionally 

 cultivated in our gardens; and is collected from its natural place of growth in vast 

 qjiantities. In the north of Europe, great quantities of them are yearly preserved in 

 bottles, and sent to Stockholm, whence they are exported to different parts of the 

 world. A great portion of them is annually brought to the London markeL 



NUTS. 



Of nuts there are many names to be met with in the nursery catalogues; but 

 those in the following hst are by far the must useful, and are in very general cul- 

 tivation : — 



WALNUTS. 



Tender-shelled Round Early Oval 



Thick-shelled Double Large French. 



Highflyer of Thctford. 

 Of these the Highflyer of Thetford and Tender-shelled are considered the be«t» 



CHESTNUT. 



Of this tree, as with all others originated by seeds, several varieties exist ; some 

 ripening a few days earlier than others, and some attaining a larger size than others. 

 But of those none have been fixed upon by cultivators, or propagated for their 

 respective merits. 



FILBERT. 



Spanish or Barcelona Large Long Nut 



Red-kerncUcd Filbert Common Hazel Nut 



White-kermllcd Do. Red-kcrnelled Do. 



Great Cob-nut Cossford 

 Frizzled. Constantinople Nut. 



Of these the common and red-kemelled hazel nut are well known, and often met 

 with in great abundance in woods. The Cossford and Frizzled are noticed in the 

 Hort Trans, and recommended as superior sorts. The Constantinople nut is not in 

 very general cultivation, but has considerable merit as well as all the others. 



Fruits Neglected, or not in General Cultivation. 

 To this we may refer the Cloudberry, Rubus Chamamorus ; Common Bramble, 

 Ruhus FruHcosus ; Tree Currant, Ribes Spicatum ; Dwarf, or Artie Bramble, Rubtu 

 Articxis; Dewberry, Rubus Casius ; Snowberry, Gaultheria Serpyllifolia, and i«any 

 of the genua Faccinium, which possess great merit ; and in sufficiently cold and 

 heathy situations would amply repay the expense of oultivation. 



