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tion and the young plants watered as advised, the other 

 half untreated. The treated seeds produced the finest 

 show of flowers we have ever raised, but the young plants 

 from the undressed seeds were unfortunately so badly 

 attacked by slugs and snails as to make comparison 

 useless. Some of the solution was given to a gardener at 

 Carshalton. He divided his seed into two lots treated 

 and untreated. His soil was a light loam on chalk. The 

 untreated seeds produced a good show of flowers, but 

 the treated seeds did far better. He estimates that the 

 yield of flowers was increased by about a third. 



WOKING Peas. The " pea culture " is a great suc- 

 cess. Those peas watered with the solution have yielded 

 in an astonishing manner the yield has been more than 

 double. 



Peas. I planted the inoculated peas on land that has 

 not been manured for many years, and had a crop of 

 peas quite equal to those grown by a friend on manured 

 soil. 



Broad Beans. I had similar results with broad beans, 

 which produced a later growth almost equal to the first. 



REDHILL Peas. From i pint of peas inoculated the 

 yield was at the very least 35 to 40 per cent, more than 

 from the pint not treated. We are still gathering from 

 the inoculated peas, and several pods when opened show 

 8 and 9 peas in each. 



Scarlet Runners. The inoculated scarlet runners are 

 quite a sight, reaching the tops of the 8 and 9 feet sticks, 

 and I have had to run strings (like they do hops) to help 

 the runners. The blossoms are a wonderful sight, and 

 the lower ones are showing runners of 8 to 10 on one 

 stem. 



KNAPP HILL Beans. I am pleased to say that inocu- 

 lation has been a splendid success. I treated half of 



