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berts. In a Letter to the Secretary. By the Rev. George 

 Swayne, Corresponding Member of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety p. 310 



XLIV. On a Wash for Fruit Trees. In a Letter to the 

 Secretary. By John Braddick, Esq. F. H. S. p. 319 



XLV. An Account of the Methods of Forcing Peaches in 

 Denmark and Holland. By Mr. Peter Lindegaard, Gar- 

 dener to His Majesty the King of Denmark, at the Royal 

 Gardens of Rosenburgh, near Copenhagen, Corresponding 

 Member of the Horticultural Society. p. 320 



XLVI. On the Modes now practised in Austria of Cultiva- 

 ting Asparagus. By Mr. Jacob Baumann, of Vienna, Cor- 

 responding Member of the Horticultural Society, p. 330 



XLVII. A Notice of certain Seedling Varieties of Amaryllis, 

 presented to the Society by the Hon. and Rev. William 

 Herbert, in 1820, which flowered in the Society's Garden, 

 in February 1823. By Mr. John Lindley, F. L. S. $c. 

 Assistant Secretary at the Garden. p- 337 



XLVIII. An Account of an improved Method of obtaining 

 Early Crops of Peas, after severe Winters. By Thomas 

 Andrew Knight, Esq. F.R. S. $c. President. p. 341 



XLIX. On the Management of Fig-Trees in the open air. 

 In a Letter to the Secretary. By Mr. Samuel Sawyer, 

 Gardener to Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Esq. F. H. S. p. 346 



L. On the Cultivation of Melons in the open air. In a Let- 

 ter to the Secretary. By John Williams, Esq. Corres- 

 ponding Member of the Horticultural Society. p. 349 



LI. Description of an improved Pit for raising Cucumbers, 

 Melons, and other Vegetables, by the Use of Steam, instead 



