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42. Description of American Fruits qfivhich Trees have been trans- 

 mitted to the " Horticultural Society. By Mr. Michael Floy, 

 C.M.H.S. Read May 17. 1825. 



Thirty sorts of peaches, apples, and one pear, with the 

 following names : — 



Those marked (*) are described as excellent ; and two sorts marked 

 (f) will require artificial heat in England. 



PEACHES. PEACHES. APPLES. 



* Washington. * Orange freestone. * Early bough. 



f Kennedy's lemon * Dr. Graham's do. Honey greening, 



clingstone. * Mammoth. * Early July pippin. 



* New York do. Brevoort's seedling. Large fall do. 

 Blood, or claret, do. Serrated, or unique. * Ortley. 



* New York early do. * George the Fourth. * iEsopus Spitzemberg. 

 t Hoyte's lemon do. Brevoort's pound. * American nonpareil. 

 Pine apple do. Lady Ann Stuart's. Swaar. 



Morris's red freestone, f Hoffman's. Straat. 



Morris's white do. * Aster's seedling. * Van Dyne. 



Philadelphia do. * Sweet Water. * Stuy vesant's pear. 



43. On the Cultivation of Celeriac, as practised in Denmark and 

 Germany. By Mr. Jens Peter Petersen. (See Vol.1, p. 269.) 

 Communicated by W. Atkinson, Esq. F.H.S. Read March 7- 

 1826. 



Celeriac requires a light, moist, and rich soil. It is essential 

 that the dung be perfectly decomposed. For summer and 

 autumn crops, sow the seed towards the end of February, 

 very thin, on a moderate hot-bed, in good rich mould. When 

 the plants appear, they must be inured as much as possible to 

 the open air, and thinned so as to stand one inch apart from 

 each other, and always kept moist. Transplant about the 

 middle of May, or when the plants are four inches high ; the 

 roots will be fit for use in the end of July. For a winter 

 crop, sow about the end of March, on a rich, warm border : 

 when about an inch high, thin and keep them moist. In June 

 they will be fit for transplanting. This is to be done on flat 

 beds, four feet wide ; four drills are drawn four inches deep ; 

 in these the plants, after some of the roots and tops of the 

 leaves are cut off, are put in at the distance of one foot apart, 

 watered, and kept so, if the weather be dry. When grown to 

 half their size, which will be about the beginning of August, 

 a small quantity of the mould round the root of each plant 

 must be removed, taking care not to disturb or expose the 

 main root. Cut off all the side roots and the large coarse 

 leaves close to the plant, levelling the mould to each as this 

 is performed ; and when the whole is completed, the bed must 



