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25. Remarks, 1. On the Propagating of certain Plants hy Cut- 

 tings ; 2. On the Inuring of certain Plants to our Climate ; 3. 

 On the Grafting of Orange Trees, ^y Mr. John Machray, 

 Errol. Read February 2. 1826. 



Astox argophyllus, Pyrus japonica, Ahcuha japonica, the 

 stripe-leaved bramble, and. the broad and narrow leaved 

 myrtles, are rooted in an open soil, under hand-glasses, placed 

 at the bottom of the south side of a north wall. The cuttings 

 are put in from the middle of August to the middle of Sep- 

 tember, from 4 in. to 6 in. long, of last summer's shoots. 

 They are matted up during the winter months, opened in 

 March, and by the end of June they have struck roots. No 

 air is admitted to the cuttings from the time of planting to 

 the end of the July following, except what may be unavoid- 

 ably given during the time of watering. 



Oranges are grafted on lemon stocks in March, by the slit 

 method, and a little moist moss tied round the parts joined, 

 instead of clay. With bottom-heat, bell-glasses, and shading, 

 they begin to push in ten days, and in a fortnight have 

 made shoots 1 ft. long. The rest is routine. 



26. Description of an improved Flotver-pot, tvith an interior mov- 

 able Bottom. By James Elowison, Esq., of Crossburn House. 

 Read Sept. 2. 1824. 



These pots are not tapered; the false bottom is made of 

 the same materials as the pot, raised a little in the middle, 

 and full of holes for the exit of water, made wider in the 

 lower than in the upper side. In shifting plants in such pots, 

 the ball is forced out, by pressure against a peg fixed in a 

 small piece of board, which Mr. Howison calls a shifting 

 stand. We object to the plan altogether, because the extre- 

 mities of the fibres must be injured by continued friction 

 against the inside of the cylinder in pressing the ball upwards ; 

 in the common conical pot the fibres are not injured in the 

 slightest degree. Mr. Howison, however, has used these pots 

 with great satisfaction. 



27. Remarks on some Species of Edible Gourds, and on the Modes 

 of dressing them for Table. By Mr. Daniel Crichton, Minto 

 Garden, Nov. 19. 1827. Read March 6. 1828. 



Mr. Crichton prefers the cheese gourd, some of which have 

 weighed with him 1 cwt., and the vegetable marrow ; but he 

 very judiciously attaches much more importance to the kind 

 of cookery than to the variety cultivated. He, therefore, 

 subjoins the three following receipts, as used at " Minto by 

 M. Victor Desaurty, a cook eminent in his profession." 



