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they are set into the hothouse ; another is, to lift them at once 

 from the open garden with balls of earth, put them in pots, and 

 immediately begin to force them. The latter method is ge- 

 nerally preferred, as least expensive and troublesome. It is 

 also Mr. Knight's method. In the course of his paper on the 

 subject, Mr. Knight combats the opinion " that the minute 

 fibrous roots of a plant, like its leaves, are organs of annual 

 duration only." Willdenow and some others have affirmed 

 this, but we believe it never was the opinion of practical gar- 

 deners, at least in this country. 



69. On Transplanting Peas for early Crops. In a Letter to the 

 Secretary. By Mr. Daniel Judd, F.H.S. Read March 26. 1824. 

 Mr. Judd has been in the habit, for the last thirteen years, 



of transplanting his first crop of early peas, and also his first 

 of large late peas. He generally sows in January in pots, and 

 transplants from the beginning of February till the beginning 

 or middle of March. The peas are turned out of the pots, 

 and about two inches of the bottoms cut off, before the plants 

 are separated. In parting them care is taken to keep them 

 in tufts of about four or six plants, which are inserted in 

 trenches, in rows, in the usual manner. A row planted in 

 this way on the 3d of February was, on the 1st of March fol- 

 lowing, three inches high ; while another by the side of it, 

 sown in the natural way, and which had made its appearance 

 above ground before the others were planted, were very little 

 more than one inch high. Peas will come earliest in poor 

 light soil, but the best crop will always be on light rich soil. 



70. Some Account of the Edible Fruits of Sierra Leone. Drawn 

 up by Joseph Sabine, Esq. F.R.S. &c. Secretary, from the 

 Journal and personal Communication of Mr. George Don, A.L.S. 

 Read March 18. 1823. 



Mr. George Don, who was sent out by the Horticultural 

 Society for the general object of collecting plants and seeds, 

 happened fortunately to reside, some weeks, at Sierra Leone 

 in the season when the fruits there, were for the most part in 

 perfection. He arrived at Sierra Leone on the 18th of Feb. 

 1822. and quitted the colony on the 11th of April following, 

 and his information, added to that of Mr. Brown of the 

 Banksian library, and some previously published documents, 

 has enabled Mr. Sabine to give some account of the following 

 fruits of Sierra Leone and its vicinity. 



Sarcocephalus esculentus, a fleshy fruit, the size of a full 

 grown peach. The plant grows vigorously in the stove, and 

 is readily increased by cuttings. Plants of it may easily be 

 procured from the London nurserymen. 



