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Passifloras are found, by Mr. W. Mowbray, gardener to 

 the Earl of Mountmorris, at Arley Hall, not to fruit so well 

 when set with their own pollen, as when set with the pollen of 

 other species promiscuously, P. racemosa and P. alata fruited 

 freely by using each other's pollen, but would not fruit at all 

 when each was limited to that of its own stamens. The fruit 

 of P. alata is of a yellow colour and pleasant flavour, and 

 nearly as good as that of P. quadrangularis, though not quite 

 so large. The great advantage of P. alata is, that it will 

 thrive and fruit where the other will not live : it will grow 

 planted in the. floor against the back wall of a hot-house, and 

 trained up the wall, keeping its roots quite moist. P. qua- 

 drangularis seldom does much good, unless when planted in a 

 corner compartment in the bark bed. 



Red and Wliite Currants are preserved on the tree, in the 

 garden of James Webster, Esq. at Westham in Essex, in a 

 very perfect and fresh state till the middle of November, or 

 later, by being covered with bunting from the time they have 

 ripened. " This covering is found to keep the fruit in a better 

 state than mats. The free admission of light and air to the 

 tree seems to be beneficial. It is necessary, after the bunting 

 has been fixed, to open it at the bottom occasionally, in order 

 to remove the leaves which drop from the bunches. The 

 berries should be well ripened before the bunting is fixed, 

 otherwise they will shrink, instead of remaining plump and 

 full." 



10. Report on the Instruments employed, and on the Plan of a 

 Journal of Meteorological Observations kept, in the Garden of the 

 Horticultural Society at Chistvick. 



11. Journal of Meteorological Observations, made in the Garden of 

 the Horticultural Society at Chisvoick, during the Year 1826. By 

 Mr. William Beattie Booth, A.L.S. 



JANUARY. 



1826. 



Su. 



M. 

 Tu. 

 W. 

 Th. 



F. 

 Sa. 



Morning, 



816 



'857 



899 

 957 

 937 

 703 

 —•856 



Hygrom. 



37|37i- 



Weather. 



Wet 



Fine 



Frosty 



Ditto 



Cold 



Wet 



Cloudy 



Noon. 



Barom. 



Hygrom. 



Weather. 



1 ICloudy 

 6!Fine 

 1 Cold 



1 Cold & Cloudy 



— Wet 



— Ditto 



2 Cloudy 



Night. 



29 



—■802 

 —•931 



Hygrom. 



Cloudy 



Frosty 



Ditto 



Cold 



Wet 



Ditto 



Cloudy 



