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reduce tlie crop of fruit; it is a good 
plan, therefore, whenever an hour of 
sunshine offers to ripen and burst the 
pollen of the male flowers, to go over 
the trees and give each a good shaking, 
so as to distribute it, and it is worthy 
of remark that the chances of a crop 
are increased twofold by every addition 
made to the number of trees grown 
together, because, from the feculous 
nature of the farina, when separated 
from the amentum, it flies off like down, 
and is far more likely to take effect on a 
neighbouring plant than upon the flow¬ 
ers of the one that bore it. The kinds 
usually grown are the following. 
Clustered. Nuts of moderate size, 
lengthened in shape., produced in 
large bunches. The tree is a free 
bearer. 
Cob. Large round nuts, borne in threes 
and fours. The tree is very prolific, 
yielding on the whole, perhaps, more 
than any other variety, 
lied. The nuts are long, and large, 
produced in fours and fives ; they are 
distinguished by a red skin envelop¬ 
ing the kernel. Good bearer and 
rich in flavour. This variety is very 
generally grown and much esteemed; 
it is particular in requiring a very dry 
soil, or it produces a vast number of 
suckers from the roots, “ spawns” as 
it is called, which entirely spoils the 
tree by rendering it barren. 
Frizzled. Long deep red nuts, large, 
and the finest in flavour of the whole; 
the internal coating is streaked, from 
which it takes its name. This variety 
is rather scarce, owing to the paucity 
with which it yields offsets, a circum¬ 
stance 'which undoubtedly contributes 
materially to the establishment of its 
character as a free bearer; these 
spawns invariably causing sterility on 
all the sorts, and therefore requiring 
to be removed, unless wanted for the 
purpose of increase. 
GARLICK. Allium sativum (Linn.) 
Nat. Ord. Liliacea. The bulbs, or 
cloves, as they are called, of this plant 
should be placed in the ground about 
the middle of March ; they require rich 
light soil, and should be planted in 
drills about a foot apart, placing the 
roots at about the same distance from 
each other. It is preferable in land at 
all inclining to be stiff, to leave the 
bulbs uncovered, merely standing them 
in the drills ; they soon take hold with 
their roots, and thus make fine bulbs. 
GOOSEBERRY. Ribes Gressularia 
(Rcemek.) Nat. Ord. Grossulacece. It 
was formerly supposed that the rough 
and smooth fruited Gooseberries were 
two distinct species, the former being 
designated by the name we employ, 
while the latter were called R. uva 
crispa. Some uncertainty in their cha¬ 
racters becoming known the smooth 
class were reduced to the position of a 
variety of the rough. Eurther obser¬ 
vation has, however, shown that in a 
botanical sense they are identical, as 
smooth and hispid varieties may be 
obtained from the same parent; and. 
moreover, the very same kind will in 
some positions produce fruit that is per¬ 
fectly smooth, while in other ground it 
will be coated with fine hairs. 
The culture of the gooseberry is con¬ 
fined almost exclusively to our own 
country, no other part of the world pro^- 
ducing them in anything like equal per¬ 
fection. New sorts are obtained from 
seed, and standard varieties are in¬ 
creased by means of cuttings. When 
the raising of varieties is intended the 
finest fruit of the sorts already grown 
should be selected, particular attention 
being paid to the flavour, as the chief 
improvement desired now is in that re¬ 
spect. Those marked for seed should 
be allowed to hang on the tree as long 
as they will; and when perfectly ripe, 
the seed should be washed out of the 
pulp, and may either be sown directly 
or kept till the following March: in 
either case it is better to sow in pans 
of light rich earth, and place them in a 
cold frame. The young plants will 
appear about the middle of April, and in 
about a month or six weeks will be fit 
for transplanting, when the advantage 
of sowing in pans will become apparent, 
as the seedlings are naturally inclined io 
