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REVIEWS. 



Art. I, Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. 

 Second Series. Vol. I. Part I. 4to. London, Hatchard. 



(Continued from p. 321.) 



5. On the Cultivation of the Vine on the open Wall at Croxdale. 



By W. T. Salvin, Esq. F.H.S. Read Nov. 17. 1829. 



The vines are planted against a common flued wall, without 

 glass, or any other kind of covering, and trained and pruned 

 in the usual way. Vines have been grown on the open wall 

 at Croxdale ever since 1725; and under Mr. Salvin's direc- 

 tion for the last twenty-nine years. The fireplaces are made 

 in the form of ovens, in order that wood may be burned in 

 them ; that fuel being preferred, though Croxdale is a coal 

 country. The reason is, " wood produces a more steady 

 heat, by the management of the fires in the following manner: 

 — After an accumulation of ashes is produced *in the oven, 

 they should be used to cover the embers at night, or at any 

 time when those who attend the fires retire to rest, and also 

 to regulate the fire during the day when less heat is required. 

 The red-hot charcoal, so covered, will continue to give out 

 heat for several hours, and is ready to rekindle a fresh supply 

 of wood ; whereas coal requires more constant attendance, or 

 it will soon go out. I begin to light the fires in the ovens as 

 soon as the buds begin to break in April, and continue them 

 night and day till the fruit is perfected, except a few weeks in 

 July and August, if the season is hot." 



6. An Account of a new Variety of Plum. By T. A. Knight, Esq. 



F.R.S., President'. 'Read July 6. 1830. 



Raised from seeds of the purple Imperatrice, fecundated 

 with the pollen of Coe's golden drop. 



7. A Report upon the Varieties of Apricot cultivated in the Garden 

 of the Horticidtural Society. By Mr. Robert Thompson, Under- 

 Gardener in the Fruit Department. 



[Who is the /z<?# r/-gardener in this department ? If there is 

 none, why is Mr. Thompson called under-gardener ? We 

 suspect this to be a remnant of the ancien regime of the 



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