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down,—to cover the same with a mound of earth, consisting of the 
soil which has been removed,—and to place a single oifset of Rhu¬ 
barb in the centre of it: the crown of the offset (w^hich requires to 
have very little root attached to it) should be two or three inches 
below the surface. The business should be performed very early in 
the year; and if severe weather supervene, a covering of raw stable 
manure should be laid over the mound. In the course of the first 
season (during which none of its leaves should be plucked)* the roots 
will shoot down through the soil into the manure below'; and it will 
for many years afterwards, yield a large supply of stalks during the 
spring and summer months, of dimensions far beyond those which are 
usually seen. 
The sort most worthy of culture is, I think, that with the pointed 
leaf; the origin of which, as it may not be generally known, and as 
I discovered it accidentally, I will here mention. Some seeds of 
Turkey Rhubarb having been saved for a friend’s use, to his great 
surprise, produced when sown, none but the plants here referred to. 
The mystery, however, was soon explained;—the Turkey Rhubarb 
grew in the immediate vicinity of a bed of the Common Round-leaved 
Rhubarb, and both sorts had been suffered to seed that year. The 
The Pointed-leaved Rhubarb is therefore the joint produce of those 
two varieties. Cultivated in the manner here recommended, the finest 
leaves will measure from three to four feet across, and the girth of 
the stalks be from four to five inches. In default of rotten dung, 
raw manure proportionally increased in height, may be employed; 
but in this case the superior earliness of its growth, from its lying 
over a small hot-bed, will strongly tempt the proprietor to pluck his 
Rhubarb the first season. 
Edward Bevan. 
Ferry Side, Feb, 10, 1832. 
Article III .—On the Culture of Vines in Pots. By Mr. 
Stafford, Gardener to Richard Arkwright, Esq., of 
Willersley-Castle, near Cromford, Derbyshire. 
When I consider what I have before stated on the Culture of Vines in 
Pots, in page 6 of the Horticultural Register, and the queries I answered 
in page 185, there appears to remain but little more for me to add: 
however, I will just mention, that in the month of May last, I took, 
by w'ay of experiment, six small plants, which I turned out of two- 
quart pots, and potted them in the size described at page 6; I then cut 
* Cutting the stalks makes them bleed more than pluckinj. 
