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tion ? How are their distresses to be relieved ? Till agricul- 

 tural labour descends more nearly to the level of the regular 

 demand, how is its superfluity to be occupied ? If we can ac- 

 complish this, we shall not only better their condition, but at 

 least prevent the further deterioration of their character. 



Our next and concluding paper will therefore be occupied 

 with this subject; and in it we shall pay particular attention 

 to Mr. Slaney's plans, and to the plans and suggestions con- 

 tained in the following two pamphlets : 



" Colonies at Home ; or, the Means for rendering the In- 

 dustrious Labourer independent of Parish Relief: and for 

 Providing for the Poor Population of Ireland, by the Cultiva- 

 tion of the Soil. London. 1826. Pamph. 27 pp. and 2 pi." 

 And " Thoughts on the Expediency of a General Provident 

 Institution, for the Benefit of the Working Classes ; with Ta- 

 bles and Examples of Contributions and Allowances, and an 

 Abstract of the Acts relating to Friendly Societies and Saving 

 Banks. By James Cleghorn, Accountant in Edinburgh*" 

 Edinburgh. 1824. Pamph. 43 pp. 



Art. II. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. 

 Vol. VI. Part III. London, April, 1826. 



We have before noticed {Gard. Mag. vol. i. p. 312.) that 

 twelve of the eighteen papers which this part contains, are by 

 officers or servants of the Society, and that the three plates 

 exhibit two new chrysanthemums and Wilmot's superb 

 strawberry. 



22. On the Culture of Strawberries. By Thomas Andrew Knight, 

 Esq. F.R.S. &c. President. Read May 17. 1826. 



The object of this communication seems to be to state, as 

 the result of experience, that strawberry plants, after they 

 have borne one crop, if taken up with balls and transplanted, 

 will succeed as well as runners which have never borne. A 

 good deal more trouble is attendant on this mode, but in 

 small gardens, and for forcing, it may often be advisable to 

 adopt it. Summer-planting of strawberries Mr. Knight con- 

 siders as always, in some degree, objectionable ; " because 

 the plants can never have time enough to extend their roots 

 to a sufficient depth beneath the soil, to save themselves from 

 being injured by drought in the following spring." Where 



