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CONTENTS. 



XI. On the Management of Camellias when forced. In a Letter 

 to the Secretary. By Mr. Thomas Blake, F. H. S. Gardener 

 to the Lord Rolle, F. H. S. p. 82 



XII. So7ne Remarks upon the Cultivation of the Strawberry. In 

 a Letter to the Assistant Secretary. By Mr. John Fairbairn, 

 F.H.S. p. 84 



XIII. Upon the Cultivation of the Persian Varieties of the 

 Melon. By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. F. R. S. President. 



p. 85 



XIV. On the Cultivation of the Horse Radish, as practised in 

 Denmark and Germany. In a Letter to the Secretary. By 

 Mr. Jens Peter Petersen. p. 91 



XV. On the Potatoe. By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. F. R. S. 

 President. p. 93 



XVI. On a Method of forcing Cherries. In a Letter to the 

 Secretary. By Mr. Benjamin Law. p. 101 



XVII. A Report upon some new Seedling Pears raised by Thomas 

 Andrew Knight, Esq. F. R. S. President. With remarks upon 

 their respective qualities. p. 103 



XVIII. Journal of Meteorological Observations made in the Gar- 

 den of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick during the year 

 1828. By Mr. William Beattie Booth, A.L.S. p. Ill 



XIX. An Account of the striped Hoosainee Persian Melon. By 

 Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. F. R. S. President. p. 137 



XX. Upon the preparation and management of Plants during a 

 Voyage from India. By N. Wallich, M. D. F. R. S. Corresp. 

 Memb. of the Royal Institute of France, and Foreign Member 

 of the Horticultural Society. p. 140 



XXI. Some account of a New Cherry, called the Early Purple 

 Guigne. By Mr. Robert Thompson, Under Gardener in 

 the Fruit Department of the Garden of the Society. p. 144 



XXII. On the Means of Prolonging the Duration of valuable 



