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In till sonsons care is taken to eradicate weeds by hand, as it 

 is eDUsidcrid prejudieial lo dii:; the beds imieh. 



Under this treat jiieiit, aided by :i iViable soil moistened at will, 

 I lia\e seen Asparai::ijs prodiieed from three to six and sometimes 

 more inelies in cireiim fen-nee ; one j)eeuliarity I remarked was 

 that the lari^er shoots were rarely cylindrical, but flattened, or 

 rather presented the apj)earance of an ac;^lomeration or union of 

 two or more. The transplanted beds never ecjual the seedling in 

 size, and are not fit for market until the fourtli year. 



It will be perceived that the eoverini^ of leaves is used for the 

 purj)ose of blanehint:; the shoots, and for facilitalina: the cutting; 

 it serves also as a protection against frosts, w hicli I have known 

 sliarp in that country, even in May, should the wind blow from 

 the S.E., which passing over the Pyrenees is extremely biting and 

 severe. 



I ought to have mentioned that the tides flow past the whole 

 district of Loyola,* and also all the numerous ditches with which 

 it is intersected, and at Spring tides the Asparagus roots are in 

 many j)laces under salt w\iter, which they consider beneficial, be- 

 ing at the same time solicitous to preserve their Lettuce beds 

 from the same influence. 



The following were the principal subjects of exhibition : 



From Mr. Joseph Goode, Gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., 

 remarkably fine specimens of Maxillaria tetragona, Franciscea 

 Hopeana, Ilovea pungens, and Jasminum ligustrifolium, with 

 many other plants, (Knightian Medal awarded.) 



From Sigismund Kucker, Esq , F. H. S., exceedingly fine plants 

 of Odontoglossum stellaium ; a new species of Lcelia, and a species 

 of Dendrohium, (Knightian Medal awarded.) 



From James Bateman, Esq., F. H. S. cut flowers of Coelogyne 

 iiitida, Cyriochilum maculatum, and a variety of Epidendrum fusca- 

 tum called E. Clowesii, (Certificate awarded.) 



From Mr. Green, Gardener to Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart., 

 F.H.S., a brace of Sio7i House Cucumbers, (from plants grown in 

 pots,) and a plant of Hahranthus pratensis. 



From Hasler [lollist, Esq., F.H.S., fourteen sorts of Potatoes, 

 among which were a Kidney, the net produce of one row, eighteen 

 feet in length, and occupying four square yards ot ground, being 

 55 lbs. 13 oz. : a pink Kidney, net produce from one potato 4 oz. 

 in weight, 9 lbs. *2 oz. : some Kidneys, net produce from two pota- 

 toes, 15 lbs. 2 oz. : Golden Knobs, net produce from three pota- 



* Loyola compounded of the Basque or Eskarien words, lohia, mud, and 

 oiala, spread out like a cloth, is not the birth place of the celebrated Ignatius 

 Loyola, who was born near Ascoitia, in the same province. Lohiala has perhaps 

 been corrupted or altered into Loyola, most probably the latter, in veneration 

 of or in hopes of aid from this much esteemed Saint. 



