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nice hanging over and covering the wall. Our friends 

 have been quite astonished to see them growing in 

 cinders. 



WILTSHIRE. 



CHIPPENHAM Peas. The experiments have much ex- 

 ceeded my expectations. I applied the culture at three 

 different periods at planting seed, and twice during 

 growth, on a piece of remarkably poor land. They grew 

 half as high again as usual, strong haulm, of lovely deep 

 green, and simply smothered with blossom; peas large 

 and well- filled pods double the usual crop. 



Sweet Peas, treated in same manner as peas, have been 

 the admiration and envy of my neighbours, growing 

 from 8 to 9 feet high, and literally a feast of blossom, 

 with stems 12 inches and more in length; in bloom early 

 in June, and are still (August 26) making a brave show. 

 It is truly a wonderful discovery this microbe, and bids 

 fair to revolutionize ideas of gardening. 



WORCESTERSHIRE. 



EVESHAM Peas. I am sorry I am unable to give you 

 accurate comparative results on inoculated and un- 

 inoculated plots owing to reasons given below, but in 

 comparison with my neighbours I cropped, through your 

 assistance, the best return on my peas in the immediate 

 neighbourhood, and they were picked quite ten days 

 earlier than others who planted on the same day. 

 Though the land where they were grown is extremely 

 good " black soil," for some reason it will not grow peas, 

 and this is, I believe, the first time anyone has matured 

 a crop on it. 



Lucerne. I have grown, with the help of your bacteria, 

 a lucerne crop far above the average. 



