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from P. racemosa and P. alata, by using to each the pollen 

 of the other. The fruit of P. racemosa is elliptical, about 

 three inches long, yellowish-green, and disagreeable both to 

 the taste and smell. The fruit of P. alata is of good size, 

 though not so large as that of P. quadrangularis, of a yellow 

 colour and pleasant flavour, being both sweet and rich. P. 

 alata is much hardier than P. quadrangularis, and thrives well 

 when the latter will not live ; it requires to have its roots 

 kept moist, and grows freely when planted in the earth in the 

 back wall of a hot-house, and trained up the wall. As its 

 fruit has equal merit to that of P. quadrangularis, the facility 

 of its culture will enable those who cannot obtain the one, to 

 add the other fruit to their desserts. 



At the Meeting on the 2d of November, James Webster, 

 Esq. exhibited Red and White Currants from his garden at 

 Westham in Essex, in a very perfect and fresh state. These 

 had been preserved on the tree, which had been covered 

 with bunting from the time the bunches had ripened. This 

 covering is found to keep the fruit in a better state than 

 mats. The free admission of light and air to the tree seems 

 to be beneficial. It is necessary after the bunting has been 

 fixed to open it at the bottom occasionally, in order to re- 

 move the leaves which drop from the bunches. The berries 

 should be well ripened before the bunting is fixed, otherwise 

 they will shrink, instead of remaining plump and full. 



