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larger dimensions, than any that has yet been formed, for 

 the growth of Palms ; the steam from the boiler already 

 erected by them, will supply this new house, in addition to 

 the large space already heated by it. 



January 5th, 1819- Several roots of Celeriac, which 

 had been grown in the garden of the Society, were exhibited. 

 They were nearly the size of those usually imported from 

 Holland and Germany. The experiment had been tried of 

 cultivating these plants in the manner stated in a paper 

 published in the Transactions of the Society * and it had 

 answered : they were previously treated, as directed in that 

 Paper, and afterwards planted in an open border made as 

 rich with dung as possible, and were daily supplied, during 

 the whole of the summer, with abundance of water, which 

 seems essential to their success. 



February 2d, 1819- Charles Nicholas Pallmer, 

 Esq. communicated, in a letter to the Secretary, a plan, sug- 

 gested to him by the President, for bringing seeds from dis- 

 tant countries. The excellent condition in which several 

 kinds of seeds, (a part of which were presented by Mr. 

 Pallmer to the Society,) had arrived from Jamaica, fully 

 proved the efficacy of the method. The seeds, as soon as 

 taken from the pulp, were packed in mould of the strongest 

 consistence, which had frequently been wetted, so as to be 

 saturated with moisture. In this state they were enclosed 

 in boxes, and transferred to the hold of the ship which 



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