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EXPERIMENTS IN SOCIETY'S GARDEN. 



across ; the prepared portion occupying one end of the piece of 

 ground, and the unprepared the other, leaving a vacant space 

 10 feet wide in the middle. 



The Prepared and Unprepared seeds were sown in a similar 

 manner, and on the same day, March 18th. Comparative ob- 

 servations, with regard to the appearance of the respective crops 

 were made from time to time, and noted as follows : — 



1. Nemophila insignis. — April 4, Prepared and Unprepared 



above ground. April 9, plants in both cases perished from 

 cold and excessive wet. 



2. Gilia tricolor. — April 4, Prepared and Unprepared above 



ground. April 9, Prepared appears better than Unpre- 

 pared. May 11, both similar. June 17, Prepared scarcely 

 so good as the Unprepared. 



3. Collinsia bicolor. — April 4, Prepared and Unprepared 



equally above ground. April 9, Prepared appears the 

 best. May 20, Prepared scarcely so good ; and the same 

 remark is applicable June 17. 



4. Chryseis crocea. — April 9, a few plants above ground ; in 



both cases similar. May 29, Unprepared the best. 



5. Papaver amoznum. —April 9, plants in both cases up abun- 



dantly. May 11, similar. May 29, Unprepared appears 

 the best. June 17, leaves from Prepared seeds rather 

 broader ; probably owing to the plants being less crowded 

 than in the Unprepared. 



6. Godetia rubicunda. — April 4, above ground, and in both 



cases similar ; the latter remark applicable April 9, May 

 11, and May 29. 



7. Lupinus pubescens. — April 9, Prepared, 42 up ; Unprepared 



44. April 13, Prepared, 54 up ; Unprepared, 87. May 11, 

 similar, plant for plant. May 29, Unprepared seems to 

 have rather the advantage. 



8. Erysimum Peroffskianum. — April 9, both up abundantly. 



May 11, 29, June 17, Prepared seems rather the best. 



9. Lupinus polyp hy 11 us. — April 9, Prepared, none up; Unpre- 



pared, 2. April 13, Prepared, 21 up; Unprepared, only 

 14 up. May 11, similar. May 29, several blanks in the 

 Prepared ; plant for plant similar to the Unprepared. 



10. Acer Pseudo-platanus. — Seeds in both instances failed to 

 vegetate. 



11. Madeira onion. — May 11 and 29, similar. 



12. Large Spanish onion. — April 9, Prepared scarcely so far 

 above ground as the Unprepared. May 1 1 and 29, appear- 

 ance similar. 



13. Radis rose demi-long. — April 4, 9, similar. May 11, 



