PROCEEDINGS. 



to be grown in India for its grain, and supposed by some likely 

 to prove ultimately a substitute for the Sugar-cane. 



Mr. Ingram also sent a dish of Prince of Wales Strawberries, 

 gathered from plants that had been forced in spring, and were 

 again bearing a good second crop. The fruit were of good size 

 and well coloured. 



Examples of the fleshy semi-transparent carrot-shaped roots of 

 O.xalis Deppei were sent by Mr. Tillyard, Gardener to the Right 

 Hon. the Speaker. Hitherto the roots of this plant have only 

 been used as an esculent, but it was suggested by Mr. Tillyard 

 that as they take sugar well, they might prove valuable for a 

 preserve in the hands of the confectioner. 



Hasler Hollist, Esq., of Lodsworth, near Petworth, sent 

 samples of twenty sorts of Potatoes, to show the kinds that are 

 most generally cultivated in Sussex. They were fine specimens, 

 and seemed perfectly free from disease. In reference to the 

 latter, Mr. Hollist stated he had not found the deductions of 

 science or the nostrums of inexperience at all to be depended 

 upon ; but suggested that dry ashes in every shape, wood, coal, 

 and charcoal, were better calculated to check and impede the 

 progress of the disease than any other substances within his 

 knowledge. 



The following is Mr. Hollist's list and remarks : — 



Well known. 



I have more than doubled the size of this 

 tuber within the last few years. It is 

 a valuable variety. 



Very good ; originally sent to me by the 

 Horticultural Society. 



Very good. 



A fine Potato in a dry soil. 



Second year of cultivation ; a i^romising 

 variety. 



One of the best stock Potatoes grown, 

 and a most abundant bearer. 



This variety has withstood the blight 

 better than any grown in this neigh- 

 bourhood. It is an universal favour- 

 ite, particularly with the poor. 



A highly prized variety. 



Well known. 



An abundant bearer ; better suited to the 

 farm-yard than the table. 



An excellent and prolific variety. 



From tubers sent me by the Horticultu- 

 ral Society 20 years ago. 



