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plants blossomed very freely, and very many pods were 

 produced. In the case of the untreated peas the pods 

 were few, and did not fill well, and the peas produced 

 were not as sweet as those on the treated peas. I gave 

 some of the culture to a friend, who was sceptical and 

 gave a grudging consent to its use. He has never before 

 been able to grow a good crop of peas in his garden. 

 This year he says: " The only things to do any good are 

 the peas," so you may rely on it that the culture has done 

 a lot of good. 



STAFFORDSHIRE. 



TAMWORTH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Clover sown 

 with rye-grass inoculation gave an increase of about 

 15 per cent. Tares inoculated showed an increase of 

 about 10 per cent. 



SOMERSET. 



BATH Sweet Peas. The inoculation with sweet peas 

 was quite successful, the inoculated seed producing the 

 best flowers that I have ever had, and much stronger 

 than the seed which was not inoculated. Inoculation 

 was by watering the planted seeds. My soil is loam, and 

 always kept well manured. 



SURREY. 



HINDHEAD Sweet Peas. The inoculation experiment 

 has been very satisfactory. We planted the inoculated 

 sweet peas in poor sandy soil which had not previously 

 borne flowers dug-up bracken and heath land. The 

 flowers have been beautiful and plentiful, and at this 

 date, when the non-inoculated peas are over, the inocu- 

 lated are still plentiful and seem to have an unusually 

 sweet odour , 



SUTTON Sweet Peas. Some freshly dug meadow-land 

 was sown; one half the seeds were treated with the solu- 



