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bourhood ; and, what is remarkable, though the quick wood 

 was all from the same nursery, and planted at the same time, 

 it is entirely confined to the hedge on the west side of the 

 garden, and chiefly to about 100 yards in the middle of it. 

 On the east and south hedge, I have never discovered a 

 single protuberance." 



54-. On the Curl in Potato, and on the Transplanting of Onions. 



By Mr. Peter Lowe, Gardener at Torwood Lee. Read March 8. 



1815. 



Curl. — Keep the tubers intended for seed free from wet 

 or damp, either in a house or in pits. " Generally, at the 

 root end of the potato, or what some call the waxy end, 

 almost close by the feeding string, there is an eye, which, cut 

 by itself, mostly produces a curl, unless it has another eye in 

 the cut or set ; which other eye generally springs first, and 

 stops the former from growing : except in the foresaid cut, I 

 recommend only one eye. By attention to this, this season I 

 could have shown a whole break, and scarcely a curl in the 

 whole break : they were early potatoes, which are more given 

 to curl than the late sorts." 



Onions. — Sowed for the ensuing winter in the end of July ; 

 transplanted from them, where too thick, next April ; and had 

 a good middle-sized crop, which kept through the year better 

 than those sown in March in the usual manner. 



55. Some Account of the Fruits grown in Gourdie Hill Orchard, 

 Carse of Gotvrie, with Remarks. By Patrick Matthew, Esq. 

 Dec. 3. 1827. 



Winter apples, 77 sorts ; winter pears, 5 sorts. 



56. On the Means of Renovating Plantations of Asparagus, and on 



the Utility of Top-Dressings. Read Sept. 7. 1816. 



Take off the old surface between the rows, and substitute 

 a new one of light rich soil. ** I am convinced that top- 

 dressing is as essential to asparagus, as the preparation of 

 the ground for its reception either at the time of sowing or 

 planting." 



57. Account of a Collection of Gooseberry Bushes, contained within 

 an Enclosure in the Nurseries at Perth. By Archibald Turn- 

 bull, Esq. Read April 20. 1826. 



Very extensive, and " not a bad sort in the collection." 



58. Account of the Mode of making various Liqueurs, fyc. By Mr. 



Lewis Pederana. Read Dec. 6. 1827. 



Mode of making Home-Brandy. — Take 20 pints of fully 

 ripe gooseberries, and 20 pints of white or red currants ; 



