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80. The Method of rearing Seed in the East Indies, of the Carrot, 

 Turnip, and Radish, to prevent the Deterioration of those Veget- 

 ables. By William Ingledew, Esq. Read April 2, 1822. 



In India and other hot countries, many culinary vegetables 

 very soon become deteriorated; seeds are consequently im- 

 ported from England every year; but these, from various 

 causes, are either decayed or dead on their arrival. The follow- 

 ing practice of the Indian gardeners to procure good seeds is 

 of unknown antiquity : they first prepare a compost of buffalo's 

 and swine's dung, red maiden earth, adding assafcetida, in the 

 proportion of about three drachms to five quarts of the mixture, 

 in a state of paste. The vegetables from which seeds are to be 

 raised, are taken up when they have attained about one third 

 of their natural growth ; the tops are cut off within a few 

 inches of the crown, and also the tap-root: there remains 

 now the edible part, from the bottom of which, to within an 

 inch of the crown, are made two incisions across each other 

 entirely through the bulb. These bulbs are then dipped into 

 the compost until they be well covered by it, both externally 

 and internally ; they are then planted and watered, and speedily 

 produce strong and luxuriant stalks, large blossoms, and abund- 

 ance of seeds. 



Innumerable roots are thrown out from the incised edges, 

 which is probably the rationale of this part of the practice ; the 

 compost can hardly act in any other way than in excluding the 

 air, and promoting the healing of the wound ; it may also 

 afford some nourishment to the tender fibres on their first 

 appearance, while the assafoetida may keep off insects. 



81. Description of an Elruge Nectarine Tree, in the Garden of 

 West Dean House, Sussex. In a Letter to the Secretary. By 

 Mr. John Bowers, Gardener to Lord Selsey, F.H.S. Read 

 July 6, 1824. 



This tree is trained to a wooden trellis, within a glass roof, 

 and at a foot distance. The length of the trellis is 29 feet, and 

 the width 22, giving 638 square feet, filled with fine bearing 

 wood, which has for the last eleven years produced, on an 

 average, about sixty dozen of fine fruit every season. The 

 tree was planted in 1793, and the trunk, four inches above the 

 surface, is thirty-two inches in circumference. 



82. A Classification of Peaches and Nectarines. By Mr. George 

 Lindley, Corresponding Member of the Horticultural Society. 

 Read Jan. 6, 1824. 



On this valuable paper we intend afterwards to make a se- 

 parate article, by which the improvements it introduces in 



