. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1897. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. LETTERS FROM RUSSIA.— Fi(i. 1IS7. — Niemetz. 'E have a great many inter- esting and novel plants from middle Asia, and the rail- road now being built will furnish us with more. Some of these are edible and may be worthy of culti- vation. At present they are under trial in the Imperial Botanic Garden at St. Petersburg. Being desirous to serve the Dominion Experimental Farms at Ottawa, the officers of which, willingly give me information concerning Cana- dian fruit culture, I have written to Siberia for
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1897. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. LETTERS FROM RUSSIA.— Fi(i. 1IS7. — Niemetz. 'E have a great many inter- esting and novel plants from middle Asia, and the rail- road now being built will furnish us with more. Some of these are edible and may be worthy of culti- vation. At present they are under trial in the Imperial Botanic Garden at St. Petersburg. Being desirous to serve the Dominion Experimental Farms at Ottawa, the officers of which, willingly give me information concerning Cana- dian fruit culture, I have written to Siberia for seeds of the following plants, the further trial of which will b^ made at Ottawa and will show whether they are of use in Canada. I. Rubus Xanthocarpus. Bur. and Franch. This new species of raspberry was found in i88s'bythe Russian travel- ler, G. N. Potapin, in China, Province of Kanzu, and was previously described by French Scientist Bureau and Fran- chet. It is a low plant, about one foot in height with herbal, prickly, suspended leaves. The fruit is ovoid, light yellow, sweet and palatable. At St. Petersburg it ripens about the middle of July. This plant has proven hardy in Northern Russia and is fit for cultivation on a large scale. 2 Ribes Dikushn. Fish. (Blue cur- rant of Siberia). This species was discov- ered by the Russian botanist Turch- aninoff in Eastern Siberia and was de- scribed by botanist Fisher. It very much resembles the common black currant (Ribes nigrum) but there is a difference in the forms of leaves, calyx and pistil. In size and flavor, the ber- ries resemble those of black currant, but are blue and green in color. Turch- aninoffsays that if eaten, they will make people drunk. The plant grows in moist places and is hardy in the botanic gar- dens at St. Petersburg. 3 Ribes Procumbens. Fall. Moss currant, this was found by botanist Pallas in Siberia. It is not new, but cannot be got in European gardens, be- cause of the difficulty in distributi
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