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buds which expand their leaves earlier than the rest in the spring, 

 and that the blossoms in the axillae of these buds, are, therefore, 

 the best calculated to come to perfection. These, as it appears, 

 are situated towards the extremities of the branches, and, there- 

 fore, in the ordinary method of pruning, are necessarily destroyed; 

 whereas in the plan now recommended they are preserved by 

 merely " pinching off the minute succulent points, generally to 

 the length of one or two inches. Spurs which lie close to the 

 wall are thus made ; upon which numerous blossom buds form 

 very early in the ensuing summer ; and upon such, after the last 

 most unfavourable season (1816), and in a situation so high and 

 cold that the peach tree, in the most favourable seasons, had 

 usually produced only a few feeble blossoms, I observed as 

 strong and vigorous blossoms in the present spring (1817) as I 

 have usually seen in the best seasons and situations." 



Observations on the proper Management of Fruit Trees, which 

 are intended to be forced very early in the ensuing Season. By 

 Thomas A. Knight, Esq. — The principle upon which the author 

 chiefly insists in this paper is, that a plant will be in a better 

 state for forcing the wood of which has been very completely 

 ripened in the preceding autumn, and that to promote this effect, 

 the power of vegetation should be put into a state of rest as early 

 as possible, and should remain entirely dormant, until they are 

 permanently excited in the ensuing spring. Some experiments 

 are detailed in which the good effects of this system are made 

 apparent. 



Account of the Method of raising Mignionette in Pots, in Suc- 

 cession through the Year, as practised in the Vicinity of London. 

 By Mr. George Rishon. 



On the Cultivation of Strawberries in Forcing-Houses, during 

 the winter and spring Months. By Mr. William Morgan. 



Account and Description, with a Figure, of a new Strawberry, 

 called the Roseberry, or Rose Strawberry. By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 

 — This seems to be a variety of the scarlet, probably raised acci- 

 dentally by seed, which was found in a garden near Aberdeen ; 

 from its superior size and other properties, it promises to prove a 

 valuable addition to our more hardy English fruits. 



Some further Observations on the Method of ringing Fruit Trees, 

 for the Purpose of rendering them more productive. By George 

 Henry Noehden, LL.D. &c. — The object of this paper is to 

 point out, that the practice of ringing fruit trees, that is, cutting 

 off a circular ring of bark from the stem, which the author had 

 recommended in a former paper, has likewise been recommended 

 and practised by the French gardeners. 



Account of some Improvements in the Construction of a Stove 

 for Plants, by which bottom Heat is imparted to their Roots, with- 

 out the Use of Tan. By William Kent, Esq. — An objection arising 

 to the employment of tan for stoves, in some situations, on 

 account of the difficulty of procuring it, and in all cases from its 



