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thinning of the plants, the daily abundant watering, and the 

 powerful effect of the sun, which, where watering was not 

 equally copious, destroyed the Onion crop even in the same 

 garden, the soil of which is light, and very favourable for 

 growing this bulb. 



At the same Meeting. William Padley, Esq. sent 

 from the Royal Garden at Hampton Court, some Galande 

 and Red Magdalen Peaches, produced on trees in pots, 

 which had been forced in the spring ; they bore their first 

 crop in May : when the fruit had been gathered from them 

 they were put out, and soon cast their leaves. After remaining 

 some time in a state of rest, they vegetated and blossomed 

 afresh, and setting their fruit well, were placed in the Pine 

 stove in the beginning of September, and yielded a second 

 crop of very good Peaches. It is very common with early 

 forced Cherry trees to bear a second time in the same season, 

 but with Peaches it is unusual ; the extraordinary heat of 

 the season must have caused this singularity. 



October 20th, 1818. Josiah Twamley, Esq. sent from 

 his garden at Warwick, three sorts of Apples, to shew the 

 effect of ringing the bark of the trees ; this had been singular 

 and extraordinary. The trees were operated upon by Mr. 

 Twamley himself, last spring, and the fruit sent up were 

 the finest of those produced on the ringed and unringed 

 branches. In the French Crab, the fruit by ringing was in- 

 creased to more than double the size, and the colour of it was 

 much brightened. In the Minshull Crab the size was not in- 

 creased, but the appearance of the Apple was so improved 

 as to make it truly beautiful, its colours, both red and yellow, 



