182 Prize Essay on Propagation hy Cuttings. 



Britain, but on the Continent ; including even the new manure 

 of M. JaufFret, mentioned below. The Highland Society of 

 Scotland, Mr. Handley thinks, might render their splendid 

 annual meetings more like those of the British Association, 

 and combine somewhat of science and historical discussion with 

 social enjoyment. 



" Surely, to such a vast assemblage of agriculturists the committee of the 

 Society might advantageously report their progress in the investigation of 

 science, now only partially communicated, and that in an expensive form; 

 and invite discussion and information from the pactical and scientific men on 

 those occasions so opportunely assembled together. 



" Be that as it may, doubtless the first step to the formation of a society in 

 England will be to unite in active cooperation all, be they landlords, 

 tenants, or others, who feel an interest in advancing the prosperity of British 

 agriculture. 



" When the necessary funds shall have been obtained by subscription, it will 

 be desirable to form an establishment in London, comprising a complete 

 agricultural library, a museum for specimens of seeds, plants, &c., for 

 models of implements, and, in all cases where it can be effected, for the 

 implements and machines themselves, together with the means of trying them. 

 To engage the superintendence of men eminent in the respective branches of 

 science. To collect reports on foreign agriculture ; to correspond with other 

 societies both at home and abroad. To refer, as in the French Institute and 

 the British Association, papers, or professed discoveries of acknowledged 

 importance, to select committees, to investigate and report. To amass statis- 

 tical information interesting to agriculture. 



" To oifer premiums for inventions, bearing some proportionate value to 

 the expense to be incurred ; or, in certain cases, defraying the cost of ex- 

 periments, observations, and reports (a course pursued by the British 

 Association) ; and, above all, to communicate to the agricultural classes 

 throughout the kingdom, by means of cheap publications, all matters of 

 moment, which shall have been submitted to the competent authorities of 

 the Society, and which shall have stood the test of fair, rigid, and impartial 

 experiment." (p. 34.) 



Welches ist das beste Verfahren PJlanzen (lurch StccJclinge zu 

 vermehren^ und laeJche die am meisten dazu geeignete Zcit ? 

 Bei der Beantvoortung dieser Frage soil hanpts'dchlich nur auf 

 die schwer zu vermehrcnden PJlanzen, so 'wie auf diejenigen 

 Biichsicht genommen 'i<cerde7i, tvelche Knorren hilden [sich ver- 

 hiorpeln) und dann nicht leicht Wurzel schlagen. Gekronte 

 Preisschrift von den Gartnern im Botanischen Garten bei 

 Berlin, Herren Eduard Otto, William Brackenridge, Carl 

 Plaschnik, und Carl Bouche. 4to, pp. 41. Berlin, 1837. 

 Which is the best Method of propagating Plants by Cuttings ; 

 and what is the most suitable Time for most of them ? In 

 answering this Question, those Plants are principally taken 

 into consideration, which are difficult to propagate, and those 

 which form Callosities {Knorren), and, therefore, do not easily 

 put out roots. Edward Otto, William Brackenridge, Charles 

 Plaschnik, and Charles Bouche^ obtained the prize. 



