XXXU PllOCEEDl^GS. 



which produced these Grapes had for many yeai's been 

 allowed to break their buds by sun-heat alone, and that they 

 had always borne large crops of well-ripened fruit, which 

 had often been preserved fit for table until the end of March. 

 To J. Moorman, Esq., for a collection of beautifully kept 

 Pears, Iticluding the Napoleon. 



Novelties prom the Society's Gakden. Specimens of the 

 Rymer Apple, which is one of the best varieties for kitchen 

 use, and exceedingly productive. The crop of one tree of 

 this variety near Nottingham, in the autumn of last year, 

 was sold for 12/. ; a fact worthy attention by cottagers and 

 others possessing small gardens. 



Books Presented. 



The Botanical Register for January. From the Publisliers. 



Tlie Florists' Journal, No. 66. From the Editor. 



Ttie Floricultural Cabinet for December and January. From Mr. Jos. Harrison. 



Transactions of tlie Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. 15, Part 4 ; and Proceedings of 



tlie Society, Nos. as and 24. From the Society. 

 Journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, No. 1, 184.3, Vol. 2 ; and 

 Calcutta Journal of Natural History, Nos. 16 and 17. 8vo. Calcutta, January and 



April, 1844. From tlie Hon. Court of Directors of the E. I. Company. 



February 18, 1843. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. The Rev. C. Pritchard, of Clapham, and Mr. E. 

 Beck, of Islevvorth. 



Paper Read : An account of experiments made by "VV. IT. 

 Pepys, Esq., with Lupines sown in pure earths and manured 

 with stimulants, in order to ascertain what the facts really 

 are as regards the food of plants. Tlie eartlis employed 

 were white sand (silex), 75; pipe -clay (alumine), 15; 

 whitening (carbonate of lime), 10. The pots in which the 

 experiments were tried were green wine-bottles, having their 

 bottoms cut off and reversed on a stand made to support 

 them. The plants on showing bloom were taken up and 

 weighed, and the following is the result: — 

 Pure Earths — Lupines. 



1. Watered with distilled water, 1 plant weighed . 42-5 grs. 



2. Guano ....... did not grow. 



3. Subcarbonate of ammonia .... ditto. 



4. Muriate of ammonia ..... ditto. 



5. Guano in the soil, 3 plants weighed . . . 200 grs. 

 G. Daniel's manure, in do., 1 plant weighed . . 14 grs. 



7. Soot, 3 plants weighed . . . . .215 grs. 



8. Nitrate of potash ...... did not grow. 



9. Ditto of ammonia ...... ditto. 



In peat, loam, and rain-water, 1 plant weighed . 192-5 grs. 



From the above it appears that the result obtained from 

 soot was greater than that from guano ; that pure eartlis, 



