450 Transactions of the Pnissia?i Gardening Society. 



cherries ; the hitter, no doubt, with a view to kirschwasser 

 (see p. 182.). 



31. On the Propagation of Heaths. By M. Faldermann, Head- 

 Gardener in the Botanic Garden at Petersburg. — 32. Notices, 



33. Notice of the Growth of hflniis glutinosa in light sandy Soil. 

 It appears to grow more rapidly than birch in the same 

 situation. 



34. Remarks 07i Answers to Prize Questions. 

 Flower-seeds, when a few years old, are said to produce 

 more double flowers than those which are sown the year 

 after their ripening. 



35. Notices, Sfc. 



The wood of the horsechestnut makes very durable stakes 

 for vines. 



36. to 39. Notices and Papers of local Interest. 



40. On the Cidture of the Melon. By M. Ebers, Market-Gardener, 



Berhn. 



Seeds ten years old are preferred : they are sown in 

 February, and the plants are several times transplanted in a 

 moderately warm frame, before they are put into a hot frame 

 for fruiting. This is done when the shoots are about a foot 

 long, and they are then shortened to three e^^es. The suc- 

 ceeding shoots produced by those so shortened will flower 

 abundantly ; and, during their flowering, air must be freely 

 given, otherwise they will not set well. Water-melons must 

 not have their shoots shortened ; and, when swelling their 

 fruit, they require more water than the otliers. 



41. On forcing Asparagus. 

 We are informed in this paper, that the luitd-gowinn7ids of 

 Berlin prefer green asparagus during winter, and blanched 

 asparagus during spring. 



42. Extracts from the Speech of Dr. Mitchell to the Netv-York 



Horticultural Society. 



43. On raising Ferns from Seeds. By M. Seitz, Botanic Gardener 



at INIunich. 



The seeds were formerly sown by him nmch in the same 

 way as is usually practised with other very small seeds ; they 

 were sown on the surface of heath soil in pots, and moistened 

 through the bottom hole from a vessel filled with water, in 

 which they were occasionally i)laced ; they were kept in the 

 tan-pit of a stove, and each pot, during the day, was covered 



