286 Transactions of the Horticultvral Society. 



sorts from seeds: 1. Kinellan Apple; 2. Contin Reinette; 

 3. the Coul Blush Apple ; 4. the Sweet Topaz Apple. 



39. On the Cultivation of the Stra'voberry. By Sir George Steuart 



Mackenzie, Bart., F.H.S. Read March 4. 1828. 



Good sorts of strawberries will very probably be mixed with 

 bad sorts, if you neglect to destroy the young plants that rise 

 from seed from the decayed berries in established plant- 

 ations. Consequently, treating the Alpine strawberry as an 

 annual is unadvisable, in confirmation of which opinion, we 

 may refer to the French practice, (p. 124.) The French, 

 having had till lately almost no other strawberry than the 

 Alpine, have carried its cultivation to a greater degree of per- 

 fection than we have done ; the fruit is larger, and they have 

 the plants in bearing from July till December, and under 

 glass, in some places, all the winter. 



40. Journal of Meteorological Observations made in the Garden 

 of the Horticultural {Society at Chisivick, during the Year 1827. 

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



Twenty-nine pages of figures. See Gard. Mag. vol. iii. 

 p. 176. 



41. An Account of the Manner of training the Vine upon open 

 Walls, at Thomery, near Fontainebleau. By Mr. John Robert- 

 son, F.H.S. Read March 4. 1828. 



This paper, Mr. Robertson inform us, is collected from the 

 best French authorities, and especially from Lelieur's Pomone 

 Frangoise, and the Bon Jardinier for 1827. In a note to it, 

 " by order of the Council," it is stated that, though not ori- 

 ginal, the usual practice is departed from, from the useful 

 nature of the communication. We shall, therefore, give its 

 essence with due care. 



The grapes of Fontainebleau are chiefly raised in the village 

 of Thomery, on a poor, strong, clayey soil, and on the north 

 side of a hill, sloping to the Seine. 



Walls and Treillage. — The walls are 8 ft. high, built of 

 clay, plastered or washed over with mortar of lime and sand, 

 and covered by a coping of boards or straw, projecting 9 or 

 loin, on each side. The treillage is formed of upright rails 

 18 or 20 in. apart, with horizontal rods 9 or 10 in. apart. 

 The south, west, and eastern sides of the walls are employed. 

 The chief peculiarities of the culture are, allowing only 

 two branches to proceed from each vine, and planting the 

 vines several feet from the wall. The spurring system of 



