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Major William Stuart, M.P., Kempston, Bedford. 



Charles Pole Stuart, Esq., Langley Broom House, Slough. 



Clarence Esrae Stuart, Esq., Avenue House, Castle Hill, Reading. 



Mrs. Alfred Taylor, Madeley Villas, Kensington, W. 



John Thomson, Esq., 7, Burwood Place, Coimaught Terrace, W. 



Lady Ulrica Tfaynne, 39, Princes Gate, S.VV. 



Sir Thomas Troubridge, Bart, 2, Queen's Gate, Hyde Park, W. 



Rev. Joseph Walker, Rector of Aberham, near Newark. 



Henry Walker, Esq., Gaklerstone, near Liverpool. 



John H. Winch, Esq., 20, Kin- Street, St. James's, S.W 

 William Richard Winch, hsq., The Hamlet, Princes Pari 

 George Wood, Esq., 2, Queen's Terrace, Gore Road, W. 



Miss Wood,' 2,' Queen's TerrTc? GoTe Ro?d,'w.' 



XXIII.— EEPOET ON THE VARIETIES OF 

 GARDEN BEET, 



GROWN . 



The collection of this esculent was examined, at the end of the 

 growing season, by the section of the Fruit and Vegetable Com- 

 mittee, appointed for that and similar purposes. At that period 

 the leaves were uninjured by frost, so that advantage was taken 

 of the comparative distinctions which these parts afforded. 

 Another examination was made of the baked roots. The differ- 

 ence in quality was found to be so great as to justify the recom- 

 mendation, of frequently submitting the varieties of this vegetable 

 to similar comparative trials, in order that only the best of them 

 may be continued in cultivation, and more especially as even the 

 best kinds are apt to degenerate. 



Nutting's Selected Dwarf Eed . . . Nutting. 

 Leaves 9 to 12 inches high, dark blood-red. Roots chiefly under- 

 ground, 9|- inches in circumference ; flesh dark red, sweet, with- 

 out the disagreeable earthy flavour of which many kinds of beet 

 partake. Baked, the flesh" is deep crimson of smooth close tex- 

 ture, remarkably sweet and well flavoured, and without the earthy 



