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PART II. 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, 

 Vol. VII. Part I. 



{Continued from p. 55.) 



8. On the Esculent Egg Plants. By Mr. Andrew Mathews, 

 A.L.S. (Author .of the Paper on a Dairy Cottage, &c., p. 135.) 



Dunal, in his Histoire des Solanum (p. 102.), states that 

 at Montpelier the ^Solatium esculentum, or Egg Plant, is sown 

 early in spring, and comes into fruit about the middle of sum- 

 mer, continuing to bear abundantly till the end of October. 

 The eggs are used, by both rich and poor, in soups and stews. 

 The following mode of cookery has been tried, and found to 

 answer perfectly : — " Split each fruit lengthwise into three 

 pieces ; let each piece be scored, well rubbed with salt, and set 

 to drain for two or three hours ; after which, soak the pieces 

 in water until the salt is extracted. Then pepper, and fry 

 the pieces in butter with crumbs. When served the pieces 

 will appear thin and flat." 



In the garden of the Horticultural Society, the seeds are 

 sown in pots early in spring, and placed in a hot-bed frame ; 

 at two or three inches' height, the plants are put into separate 

 pots, and replaced in the frame till they are nine or ten inches 

 in height ; they are then turned out of the pots in the open 

 garden at a few inches' distance from the bottom of a south 

 wall. They are watered in dry weather to prevent the attacks 

 cf the red spider, to which they are particularly subject, 

 especially under glass. The sorts cultivated and described 

 by Mr. Mathews are the Round Purple, and the Long Purple. 



9. Notices of Communications to the Horticultural Society between 

 January 1. 1824. and January 1. 1825, of which separate Ac- 

 counts have not been published in the Transactions. Extracted 

 from the Minute Books and Papers of the Society. 



A Pine Pit erected in the garden of W. Forman, Esq. 

 %. 49.) is heated by a flue in a chamber below the tan. 



