318 Transactions of the 



trees and plants of all kinds was very large, and of the greatest value to 

 science. To the Sandwich Islands this expedition has produced advan- 

 tages which it is hoped that these countries will long continue to enjoy, 

 and which may be no inconsiderable means of hastening the civilization 

 of the natives. In addition to a large supply of European fruits and 

 vegetables, Mr. M'Kar succeeded in transplanting safely most of the 

 valuable productions of the same kind which are found in Brazil." 



The Papers are these — 



LXIV. Notices of Communications to the Horticultural Society, be- 

 tween Jan. 1, 1823, and Jan. 1, 1824, of which separate accounts have 

 not been published in the Transactions. 



This consists, as its title purports, of miscellaneous notices 

 upon a great variety of Horticultural subjects, most of which 

 are quite incapable of abridgement. Mr. Williams finds 

 the Siberian crab the proper stock upon which to graft 

 the much-valued golden pippin. Mr. Gregory repre- 

 sents a mode of preparing temporary protections to flued- 

 walls, by building into the top of such walls wooden blocks 

 of a particular construction, to which rafters can be easily 

 attached when required. This is a very ingenious and useful 

 plan, and of great importance in our northern counties. 

 Mr. Lambert preserved nuts during the winter by placing 

 them in a large brown earthenware pan, which, when filled, 

 was placed in a deep hole in the garden ; the top of the pan 

 being covered with a flat piece of wood on which was put a 

 heavy weight, the hole was filled with earth. By this me- 

 thod, nuts may be kept in a fresh state till the season of 

 their maturity returns. Captain Rainier recommends medlar 

 stocks for grafting pears upon. We suspect, however, that 

 the objection to this is, that the pear will not, as the gar- 

 deners say, stand upon such a stock. 



liXV. Notice of the Siberian Bittersweet, a new and valuable Cider 

 Apple. By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq., F.R.S., President. 



This variety Mr. Knight considers of the greatest import- 

 ance in cider counties. * If the juice is made to evaporate in 

 9- moderately low temperature, it affords a large quantity 

 of jelly of intense sweetness, which to my palate is extremely 

 Agreeable ; and which might be applied to purposes similar 

 to those to which the inspissated juice of the grape is applied 

 in France.' 



LXVI. An account of two varieties of the Mango Fruit, which ripened 

 in the garden of the Earl ofPowis. By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 



A description of the two mangoes which, as we stated in 

 our last number, were exhibited in the autumn of 1826 by 



