CONTENTS. 



L INTRODUCTORY Remarks relative to the Objects which 

 the Horticultural Society have in view. By Thomas Andrew 

 Knight, Esq. F. R. S. $c. P- 1 



II. An Attempt to ascertain the Time when the Potatoe (Solanum 

 Tuberosum) was first introduced into the United Kingdom ; with 

 some Account of the Hill Wheat of India. By the Right Hon. 

 Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S. $c. p. 8 



III. On the Cultivation of the Crambe Maritima of Linnaeus, or 

 Sea Kale. By Mr. John Maher, F. H. S. p. 13 



IV. Some Hints respecting the proper Mode of inuring tender 

 Plants to our Climate. By the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, 

 Bart. K. B. P. R. S. $c. P- 21 



V. On a Variety of the Brassica Napus, or Rape, which has long 

 been cultivated upon the Continent. By Mr. James Dickson, 

 F.L.S. Vice President. P- 26 



VI. Observations on the Method of producing new and early Fruits. 

 By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. F. R. S. $c. p. 30 



VII. On the Cultivation of the Polianthes Tuberosa, or Tuberose ; 

 with its Botanical Description and Figure. By Richard Anthony 

 Salisbury, Esq. F. R. S. $c. P- 41 



VIII. On the Revival of an Obsolete Mode of managing Straw- 

 berries. By the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. 

 P. R. S. $c. h 54 



