360 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The percentage of sugar is not high for a good season, but the past 
was not one tending to give roots rich in sugar. 
Other investigations conducted on behalf of the Society concerned 
the comparison of different varieties of Parsnips ; the effect of spraying 
Gooseberries with " Burgundy mixture," and the determination of 
the amount of copper left on the berries ; and the analyses of soils 
used respectively for Tomato and Narcissus growing. As these form 
part of the researches carried on at the Wisley Gardens, they are not 
dealt with in detail here. 
