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garden. (See Vol. I. p. 31 4-.) At all events, it ought to be 

 done away with.] 



The classification is as follows : — 



I. Kernels bitter. 1. Fruit small, round, early; flowers 

 small; red and white masculine. 2. Fruit large: a. chan- 

 nel of the stone closed up, and flesh parting from the stone ; 

 Roman, Royal, Brussels, 8cc. b. Channel of the stone closed 

 up, and flesh adhering to the stone ; Montgamet. c. Channel 

 of the stone pervious; Moorpark and Ilemskirke. 



II. Kernels sweet. 1. Flesh parting fi-om the stone. 

 Breda, Turkey, &c. 2. Flesh adhering to the stone ; Orange. 



8. Upon an Improvemeytt in the Mode of raisino; annual Floxvcr 

 Seeds. By Mr. Joseph Harrison, Gardener to the Lord Wharn- 

 clifFe. Read April 20. 1830. 



*' After sowing the patch of seeds, and covering it with 

 fine moist soil, I place a garden pot inversely over it : this 

 remains till I discover that the seeds have struck root, when 

 I raise the pot up two or three inches ; keeping it thus sup- 

 ported for a few days, and then remove it entirely. I find 

 that the pot not only keeps the soil moist, but, by the sun 

 heating the pot, the seeds come up much more quickly than 

 otherwise they would do : in consequence of which, I do not 

 sow the seeds so early by a fortnight, or upwards, as I used 

 to do previously. The young plants are therefore less ex- 

 posed to injury from cold, or late spring frosts. I have used 

 hollow tiles instead of pots, which answer equally well ; ex- 

 cept that where mice are, they have access at the ends." 



9. On the Destruction of Snails. By Mr. James Corbett. Read 



Sept. 15. 1829. 



Quicklime is sprinkled lightly over the places infected, 

 about 3 o'clock in the morning. This is a very inferior mode, 

 and much more expensive and troublesome, than that of 

 watering in the evening with limewater ; repeating the oper- 

 ation on the same ground, at about a quarter ol" an hour's 

 interval. 



10. An Account of a Method of obtainins; very early Crops of 

 Green Pens. By T. A. Kiiiglit, Esq. F.li.S., President. Read 

 May 18. 1830. 



The peas are sown in pots of about 9 in. in diameter, and 

 placed in a hot-bed about the middle of January. Two 

 dozen peas are placed in each jiot in a circular row, and a 

 circle of twigs a ft)ot high is stuck in beside them. About 

 the middle of March the peas will be 14 in. high, and may 

 then be transferred to the open border. 



