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necessary, by placing a board length-wise in front, with 

 the upper edges resting on the wall, and the lower on the 

 ground. Or, the upper edges may be fixed to the wall, by 

 means of hinges, or thongs of leather, and kept tied up in 

 good weather, and let down in bad. I have, however, in this 

 country, without using any means of protection, gathered a 

 dish of good peas on the 23d of May. I have likewise 

 sown the produce of peas which came to maturity in June 

 and July, and obtained a good crop in the Autumn of the same 

 year. But what I consider most worthy of attention is, that 

 its dwarfness and earliness point it out to be the only 

 fit pea for forcing ; and I consider it in the power of every 

 gentleman who is possessed of a small pit or peach-house, 

 to have young peas at his table, at least during the months 

 of April and May. 



When sown in the open ground, this pea should have 

 nearly the same room given it as French beans have ; that is, 

 about eighteen or twenty inches between the rows, and from one 

 inch to two inches between each pea : this will be found quite 

 thick enough ; and as a quart will go over as much ground 

 as a peck does in common cropping, there will be found a 

 great saving of seed. 



I am, Sir, &c. 



Neto Scone, near Perth, Da v. Bishop. 



10/A Dec. 1825. 



P. S. The method of rearing peas in pots and boxes, in 

 hot-beds, and hot-houses, and afterwards transplanting them 

 out into the open ground, is a common practice with gardeners, 

 and often succeeds very well ; particularly if they are not too 

 long in transplanting them ; but I would recommend a 

 method, not so well known, as far preferable to that of pots or 

 boxes, particularly when they are to be raised in a hot-bed. 

 This consists in having a quantity of turf cut into pieces, of 

 about nine or ten inches long, and three or four broad, which 

 are placed in a regular manner over the surface of the bed, 

 grass side downwards, and a row of peas is sown upon each 

 row of turf, and afterwards covered with soil; when they are 

 fit for transplanting, no more is required, than to lift out 

 the turf, piece by piece, with the peas growing upon it, and 

 place them where they are to produce their crop. By this means 

 the roots receive no injury ; nor does the plants sustain the 

 least check in transplanting. This method may be practised, 

 with similar success, in the raising of potatoes, beans, &c. 



Note by the Conductor. — We have distributed the peas sent 

 us, among Messrs. Malcolm and Gray, Cormack, Son, and 



