148 Dr Fyfe's Experiments on Electro-CaUure. 



15th. — Beans in all the rows coming into flower. 



23d. — Beans in all the rows in full flower ; those in the 

 galvanized row shewing more of the cnrly leaf at top than 

 in any of the others. 



1^^ Juli/. — Took off" the tops from all the beans. 



5th. — No difference observable in any of the rows. 



12th. — Beans of all the rows in pod. 



1^^ August. — Bean pods continue to enlarge in the same 

 way in all the rows. No difference observable. 



26th. — Since last date, pods have continued to enlarge in 

 same way; the stalks and pods were counted in all he 

 rows — the pods being, as to size, nearly similar in all the 

 *'ows, and the following was the result : — 



Stalks, . 

 Pods, . 



No. 1 was the galvanized row. The diff*erence in the 

 produce of these rows is certainly very remarkable, more 

 particularly between the two first and that immediately ad- 

 joining, and also between the two first and the other three. 

 With respect to the two former, they were nearer than the 

 latter to the garden wall, and were also just under the extre- 

 mities of branches of trees at the side of the wall. Whether 

 this would account for the diff'erence, I leave those qualified 

 to judge to say ; but, be this as it may, there was no pre- 

 ponderance in favour of the galvanized row over that imme- 

 diately adjoining it, far less in favour of it as compared with 

 the others. 



DWARF PEAS. 



16th June. — A zinc and copper plate were sunk in the 

 ground, with a wire connecting them, and embracing the 

 row of peas, as in the trial with the beans, but with this 

 difference, that the wire, instead of being sunk in the ground, 

 was kept at the distance of a few inches above it, and in 

 contact with the stalks. A little sea-salt was also placed in 

 the ground on each side of the zinc plate. The ground was 

 very wet when the experiment was begun. 



