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37. On a Method of growing Asparagus in single Rous, as prac- 

 tised by Mr. Walter Dickson, at Redbraes, near Edinburgh. 

 In a Letter to the Secretary. By Mr. Andrew Dickson, F.H.S. 

 Read March 21. 1826. 



The rows are three feet and a half apart, and the plants 

 nine inches from each other ; it is reasonable to suppose that 

 the produce will be much stronger than that from plants 

 crowded together in beds, and Mr. A. Dickson reckons that 

 two rows, planted as described, will produce more than three 

 rows planted in beds in the usual way. Where the soil is 

 deep and dry, the row method seems well worthy of adoption. 



38. Notice of new or remarkable Varieties of Fruits, ripened in the 

 Summer and Autumn of the Years 1823 and 1824, which were 

 exhibited at Meetings of the Horticultural Society. 



Strawberry. Wilmot's Superb. (See vol. i. p. 230. and 278.) 



Plum. N. W. R. Colborne, Esq., of West Harling, in 

 Norfolk, sent two specimens of Coe's Golden Drop, both 

 grown on the same branch, but the one yellow and the other 

 violet. Grafts of the branch have been made in the Society's 

 garden, with a view of ascertaining whether or no the sport will 

 be permanent. 



Apricot. Mr. A. Richardson, gardener to the Countess of 

 Tankerville, at Walton-on-Thames, sent a seedling apricot, 

 raised from a stone of the Moor Park, which ripens very well 

 on a standard, and attains a large size. It has been named 

 the Walton Moor Park apricot. 



Peaches and. Nectarines. Four varieties. 



Pears. Two varieties, and Pyrus sinensis, Lind, the Sha 

 Lee, or Sand Pear of China ; oval shaped, with the flavour 

 of an apple rather than of a pear, and of no particular ex- 

 cellence. 



"But the leaves are almost evergreen, continuing on the tree nearly the 

 whole winter ; they are large, and shining dark green. The tree vegetates 

 very early in the spring, when it is easily recognised by the brown colour 

 of its young leaves and shoots." 



39. Report upon the Meteorological Observations made in the Gar- 

 den of the Horticultural Society during the Year 1825. Read 

 February 7. 1826. 



" A few remarks upon the state of the atmosphere during 

 one of the driest summers which has been experienced in 

 Great Britain for many years." 



