488 Notices of Communications to the Society, of which 



the plants, for these side shoots will almost invariably produce 

 fruit again if stopped at a fruiting joint, and barren shoots if 

 stopped at a barren joint. When the fruit-bearing shoot is 

 stopped where it shews fruit, Mr. Brookhouse always leaves 

 a leaf at the base of the fruit, and when the fruit is cut he 

 takes off the leaf with it. By this method he keeps the plant 

 free from unnecessary leaves, and admits sun and air to the fruit . 

 If the plants run too long, and interfere with the Peach-trees, 

 he unties them, strips off the lower leaves and side shoots, 

 to within four feet of the end shoot, and lays the bare part 

 of the stem down upon the bed, covering a part of it with the 

 mould, at the same time stopping the main runner at a fruit- 

 ing joint, and training about four feet in length up the trellis 

 work. In consequence the runners are so lowered as not to 

 interfere with the Peach-trees, and they break afresh, yield- 

 ing fruit plentifully till September or October. All the 

 fruits which are produced, hang pendant from the wires, and 

 thus preserve their beauty and regularity of shape, and also 

 are equally green ail round, which is very essential to their 

 good appearance. The bed on which the Cucumbers are 

 grown is renewed every year, but is never lined. 



Mr. John Read of Yalding, Kent, exhibited at the Meet- 

 ing on the 7th of August, 1821, a' Garden Syringe upon a 

 new construction ; for which he had obtained a patent. Mr. 

 Read, in a communication to the Secretary, read at the same 

 Meeting, observed that in charging the common Syringe, the 

 water having to pass through the same small holes by which 

 it is to be discharged, the weight of the lift is very consider- 

 able, and the time required to charge it unnecessarily long ; 



