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An account was laid before the meeting*, of a Meteorological 

 Journal, which had been kept in the garden, for the year 1826. 

 This was stated to have been kept upon the plan recommended by 

 Mr. Daniell, in his Meteorological Essays, and appeared to have 

 been managed with much care. Its contents will not bear an 

 abstract, but we may mention that, from the results of the whole 

 year's observations, it appeared that, in 1826, the mean dew point 

 was 3.2, also the mean of Mr. Howard's twenty years' observations, 

 and the mean temperature 2.5 above the same. 



A large collection of the best late varieties of the apple, as grown 

 in America, was exhibited. It was a remarkable circumstance 

 that, while these fruits are unusually handsome, none of them, 

 with the exception of the Newtown pippin, were, although sweet 

 and pleasant, comparable to our fine European apples ; and yet 

 the Newtown pippin, the only good variety, is as much superior 

 to any variety of apple known in Europe, as the others were 

 inferior. 



March 6th. 



A paper from the Society's gardener was read, upon the best 

 method of forcing rhubarb for tarts, and fine specimens of the 

 leaves, forced in the manner described, were placed upon the table. 

 The method was simply this : The seed is sown in a rich border, 

 in the first week in April ; the young plants are kept thin and 

 clean during the summer, and before the growing season is fully 

 over, they are taken up, put into common forcing-pots, three in 

 each, and placed in a shaded border till they are wanted. In 

 January or February they are put in the forcing-house, and sub- 

 mitted to a very gentle heat. This is the most simple, effectual, 

 and certain mode of forcing rhubarb yet known. 



Seeds of various curious vegetables were given away, and some 

 new varieties of Chinese camellias, from the Society's garden, were 

 placed on the table for exhibition. 



