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to come forward, fit for the same treatment, which may be kept 
on until any quantity required is secured; but it should be remem- 
bered that this could be continued until by excessive and rapiiJ 
propagation the constitution of the plant would be changed, and 
very double varieties rendered semi-double, or even single. No- 
body, however, who could procure pot-roots, however small, or a 
piece of tuber with a single eye, should ever use plants; for a 
piece of tuber with an eye, or a pot-root however small, will make 
a far better pih'nt than even an early cutting. The cuttings as 
they are struck, should be put into a frame rather cooler, and by 
degrees be inured to a cold frame, previous to planting out. 
CLOVER SEED SOWN WITH BUCKWHEAT. 
On a late visit to Hydepark, we were shown several fields of 
heavy clover on the farm of J. W. Wheeler, Esq., which was 
sown last season, with buckwheat and timothy. The soil is a gra- 
velly loam, and the grass exhibits a burthen superior to that gene- 
rally sown in the spring. This, we believe, is the practice of 
Judge Van Bergen, of Coxsackie, who is one of our most success- 
ful farmers. 
THE CURRANT— ITS CULTIVATION, &c. 
We are glad to observe a considerable degree of attention given 
to the improvement of this most valuable of all the small fruits. 
For years its importance seems to have been greatly overlooked 
or underrated — while special shows and high premiums have every 
where been bestowed on the strawberry and gooseberry, neither 
of which in our opinion, can be compared for general usefulness 
to the currant. The latter has been permitted to remain as 
though it had attained the ultimatum of perfection. This is very 
far from being true. The red and white Dutch, the best varieties 
now in general culture, are no doubt very good; but we have 
every reason to believe that in a few years they will stand in the 
same relation to our best varieties that the common Mazzard cherry 
does to the black Tartarian or bigarreau, or as our common wood 
strawberry to Hovey's seedling. 
We see several new varieties noticed in England and France, 
said to combine large fruit with fine flavor. We have taken 
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