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the carrots. He then digs out a pit about 1 ft. below the sur- 

 face of the ground, of whatever size may be requisite to hold 

 his winter stock, and builds the carrots neatly upon it, with 

 the top ends out in the form of a cone, " without mixing any 

 sand amongst them, or even straw on the outside of them, but 

 covering the pit with earth to the depth of 12 or 14 in." To 

 prove that carrots may be kept a long time in this way, Mr. 

 Campbell has kept carrots of crop 1817 till March 1819. It 

 may be noticed as a curious fact, that, in the course of this 

 time, the carrots had grown about 2 in. longer at their smaller 

 ends. 



Onions are preserved from the maggot and rot by watering 

 the beds with lime-water " to that degree that the lime lay 

 one eighth part of an inch upon the beds." 



30. On the upright Training of Garden Rose Bushes, and of the 

 Cydonia japonica. By Mr. John Dick, Gardener at BalUndean. 

 Read March 6. 1828. 



Standard roses are formed without grafting or budding, 

 simply by training up one of the strongest shoots of a dwarf 

 plant. At BalUndean, on a sloping bank, 130 kinds are 

 trained in this manner ; and, rising above one another like an 

 amphitheatre, have a very fine effect. 



The Cydonia japonica is trained to a stake, and, after a 

 time, forms a tolerable standard. 



31. Account of Oiled Paper Frames Jor pr-otecting the Blossom of 

 Wall Trees. By Mr. Alexander Smith, Gardener to Thomas 

 Bruce, Esq., at Grangerauir. Read Sept. 1816. 



Various methods of protecting the blossom of wall trees in 

 the garden at Grangemuir, but the oiled paper frames gave 

 the greatest satisfaction. Their construction and applica- 

 tion are very simple. The frames are made of any size, 

 to answer the height of the wall. Those used at Grange- 

 muir were 5 ft. by 3 ft. ; " the thickness of the wood an inch 

 and a half square, having five cross-bars mortised into the 

 sides. Further, to support the paper, each frame is wrought 

 with strong packthread, about 9 in. square ; and the pack- 

 thread is fixed with white tacks. The frame thus constructed 

 is covered with coarse writing-paper, pasted to the wood and 

 packthread with well-made paste. The paper should not be 

 drawn very tight when first put on, as it is apt to crack in 

 hot sunshine. When the paste is perfectly dry, a coating of 

 boiled linseed oil is laid on both sides of the paper with a 

 paint brush." One ounce of fine white lead, well mixed with 



