PROCEEDINGS. Iv 



Grapes, good bunches, but hardly ripe. Mr. Toy again 

 sent specimens of Keens' seedling Strawberry, and along 

 with tliem a plant of the same in fruit. A clean-looking 

 sample of Ash-leaved Kidney Potatoes, perfectly free from 

 disease, was exhibited by Mr. Torbron, gardener to J. Lane, 

 Esq., of Ley ton. They were stated to have been produced 

 thus : — In December the tubers were set vertically in pots, 

 in rich soil, and placed in a vinery. When the young 

 growths had advanced from 4 to 6 inches in length, and 

 had presented the leaves to the light, they were removed 

 to a greenhouse and placed along the pathway. Early in 

 Febrvxary a leaf-pit vvas prepared for them, having no flues 

 or linings. The plants were turned out of the pots and 

 planted in rows 18 inches apart, in the soil which was 

 placed above the dead leaves. Tiiey were watered, to 

 settle the soil about their balls, and were stated to have 

 received no water since, it being apprehended that, as 

 there was no command of artificial heat, if water was 

 given them they might become dropsical and diseased. 

 They produced young potatoes fit for table in the third 

 week in March. Air was admitted on all favourable occa- 

 sions by partially removing the lights. In this way it was 

 stated that by turning the dead leaves so as to create a 

 little heat, two crops might be obtained in the year. Mr. 

 Warner, of Jewin Street, sent one of his Patent Garden 

 Engines, the chief novelty of which consists in the fulcrum 

 on wiiich the handle rests being fixed outside tlie water- 

 pipe. By this means no part of the handle is connected 

 with the water-tube, and a sound joint at the axis of the 

 handle is maintained. 



Novelties from the Society's Gardex. Erica zinzi- 

 nella, a variety adding the flowers of hiemalis to the habit 

 of propendens, and a plant of Nemophila maculata, con- 

 cerning which it was mentioned that in some of the plants 

 the violet spotting is more disposed to run into the white 

 ground colour than in others. There is also a difference in 

 diflerent plants as regards the size of the flowers. Packets 

 of Potato seed from New Zealand, presented to the Society 

 by Earl Grey, were distributed among the Fellows. 



Books Presented. 



Nova Acta Academiae Naturse Curiosorum. Volume XXII., Part I. ; and the Sup- 

 plement to Vol. XXI. From the Academy at Breslau. 



Glenny's Hand-Book to the Flower Garden, Shrubbery, and Greenhouse. Part 11. 

 From the Author. 



