PKOCEEDINGS. VU 



Mr. Wilmer of Sunbury. It was reported to be very early and 

 prolific, being sometimes fit for use in six weeks from the day of 

 planting. 



IV.— NOVELTIES FROM THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN. 



A French sulphurator. The great merit of this instrument is 

 its simplicity and cheapness. It consists of a tin box for holding 

 the sulphur, placed on the upper side of the pipe of a pair of 

 common bellows. The sulphur gets into the pipe through small 

 holes made for the purpose in the bottom of the box, and, in 

 order that no stoppage may take place, a small hammer-head 

 attached at the end of a slight steel spring is fixed on the under 

 side of the bellows, a gentle tap from which, now and then, 

 keeps up a continuous fall of sulphur into the pipe. These 

 appliances, which may be attached to a pair of bellows for little 

 more than 6d., answer every purpose for which they are intended, 

 equally as well as a more expensive machine. 



Accompanying this contrivance were bunches of Black Prince 

 Grapes, which could only be produced free from mildew by 

 early and repeated sulphurings over both leaves and fruit. 

 From the latter the particles of sulphur may be removed in two 

 ways — either by plunging the bunch in a tub of clear water, 

 moving the bunch under tiie water so as to bring it up at a 

 place free from the floating particles of sulphur ; or the bunch 

 may be syringed on all sides with a fine syringe. This is the 

 method adopted in France, and it has been successfully tried in 

 the Garden. The bloom on the berries is least disturbed by 

 syringing downwards, or obliquely, as rain Avould fall. 



v.— BOOKS PRESENTED. 



The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, Vol. XII. Part 1. From the Society. 



The Gardeners' Magazine of Botany for September and October. From the Pubfishers. 



The Athenaeum for August and September. From the Editor. 



Statistique Horticole de Maine et Loire. From M. Le Gris. 



Bulletins du Cercle Pratique d'Horticulture, &c. de la Seine Inferieuie for 1850-51. From 



the Horticultural Society of the Lower Seine. 

 Archives du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Tome V. Livraisons ], 2, et 3. From the 



Museum of Natural History, Paris. 



Nov. 4, 1851. (Regent Street.) 



I.— ELECTIONS. 



W. Banting, Esq., The Terrace, Kensington; H. Edwards, 

 Esq , M.P., Halifax ; Rev. John Thornycroft, Thornycroft Hall, 

 Congleton ; and Mr. John Keynes, Nurseryman, Salisbury. 



