191 1.] Commercial Asparagus Cultivation. 551 



Institution or to any person connected with a Research In- 

 stitution except in connection with a subject lying outside the 

 main group of subjects in respect of which a grant is made 

 to the Institution, and the Board will require to be satisfied 

 ihat the work proposed can be undertaken without undue 

 interference with .the principal work of the Institution or of its 

 staff*. 



4. No grants will be made for the apparatus, re-agents, and 

 other appliances which a reasonably equipped laboratory 

 should provide. In certain cases, grants will be made for 

 expensive apparatus which may be specially required, but in 

 that case the apparatus will remain the property of the Board 

 to be returned to them at the conclusion of the investigation. 



In the case of the purchase of live stock the grant will cover 

 the net cost only after deducting the sums received from the 

 sale of the animals at the conclusion of the experiment. 



Grants will not usually be made in respect of land, per- 

 manent buildings, or equipment, but in the event of any such 

 grants being made exceptionally the amount will not exceed 

 one-half of the total expenditure involved. 



5. Grants will only be made from year to year, and will be 

 for one year in each case. If it is desired to continue the 

 investigation, a fresh application must be made. 



6. A Report (not necessarily for publication) on the results 

 obtained must be furnished to the Board in respect of each 

 subject of Research not later than three months after the 

 expiration of the period for which the Grant is made. 



7. Detailed accounts and vouchers of the expenditure in- 

 curred must be rendered, and payments will only be made in 

 respect of moneys actually expended. Any excess charges 

 over and above the sum authorised must be defrayed by the 

 Institution or individual carrying out the research. 



COMMERCIAL ASPARAGUS CULTIVATION. 

 J. C. Newsham, F.L.S. 



Hampshire Farm School, Basing. 



Large consignments of asparagus reach the British markets 

 from Toulouse, the neighbourhood of Paris, and other parts 

 of France, but our own soil and climate are capable of growing 



