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was removed except the bottom one, from tlie part which was to be inserted in the 
mould. The cutting's were then immediately pluntcd in small pots, and placed 
under a hand-lig'ht, upon a gentle bottom heat. Here they were well watered and 
shaded, and rooted in less than three weeks; afterwards gradually hardened till 
they could bear any exposure; then being siiifted into larger pots, they were 
again placed on a g-entle bottom heat, without any protection from glass, or 
otherwise, until they showed flower. By this method perfectly dwarf plants, of 
from 6 to 10 inches high, may be flowered in g-reai beauty and perfection. 
3. — Transactions op the London Horticultural Society. 
(Second Series,) Vol. I., Part 1. 
This part is rich iri information, and among a number of interesting articles, 
are several besides what we have given, by Mr. Knight, which are well worthy 
the attention of every reader, and of which we would have given an abridg- 
ment, had the limits of our present number permitted it. 
y/.'i Account of a method of ohtaiiuiig very Earli/ Crops of Green Peas. By 
Thom.*s Andrew Knight, Esq, F.R S., &c. President. Read May 18th, 
1830. 
Mr. Knight having a h?ap of oak leaves unemployed, which had been collected 
for the purpose of making hot-beds, for melons, had them formed into a bed in the 
middle of January, into which pots of about 9 inches in diameter, were placed, at 
the distance of about one foot from centre to centre. In each of these pots a cou- 
ple of dozen Peas were put in a circular row, and around them was planted a row 
of slender twigs, a foot above the surface of the mould. In the middle of March 
they had become 14 inches high, and nearly in contact with the glass roof, which 
had been previously raised a little. They were then transferred to the open bor- 
der, leaving an interval of 9 inches between each pot of plants ; some manure 
was given, and numerous sticks were employed to afibrd them some degree of shel- 
ter. This removal did not appear to injure them in any degree, and in the end 
of March many of their blossoms were so far advanced, that they shed their pollen. 
On the second of April, a very severe frost occurred, with a considerable fall 
of snow, which however, did not seriously injure them, although in a high and cold 
situation ; and on the 26th of April, some of the pods were about an inch and a 
half long, and were at least three weeks earlier than any Mr. Knight had ever 
been previously able to raise. 
Article II. — Extracts from Works on Garde ningy Botany., 
Rural Subjects, 8fc. 
1. — Edwards"s Botanical Register, &c. (New Series') By John 
LiNDLEY, F. R. S. &c. Monthly numbers, 8vo. 4*. coloured. 
No. 6, FOR August, 
Contains, as this publication usually does, a most interesting selection of 
specimens; the figures are so accurately delineated, and coloured with such 
nicety, and the descriptions so clear and comprehensive, that the work can 
never fail, while so conducted, to elicit praise, as it must give to every obser- 
ver, correct ideas of the plants tliemselves. The first plate ^-iven this moath. 
