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He also recommended the extensive cultivation of the basket-willow, 

 (^iSaUx viminalis) and of the gum trees of Australia, (Uueali/ptus') 

 several species of which are valuable, either for rapid growth as 

 fuel, or for lumber, and especially piles, being uninjured by the 

 teredo. 



Opium and teazle were also mentioned as likely to reward the 

 fanner better than most of the ordinary crops. 



Dr. Blake said farmers were raising wheat when they might as 

 well do other things that were more profitable. They would find it 

 out in time. 



Professor Bolander said that this State was best adapted to ten- 

 acre pieces of land devoted to these special products. He men- 

 tioned a native celery plant which was very good — growing on our 

 hillsides on dry rocks. (Pimpinella apiodora Gray, 1867.) 



Regular Meeting, May 17th, 1869! 

 President in the Chair. 



R. Heynemann was elected a resident member. 



Donation to the Cabinet : Carboniferous limestone containing 

 Encrinites, from White Pine District, Nov., by G. Yale. 



Donation to the Library : Report on the Mines of the West for 

 1869, by R. W. Raymond, U. S. Commissioner, Wash., 1 vol. 

 Svo., and Nouveau Plan de la Ville et des Faubourgs de Paris in 

 1778, 1 vol. folio, from G. Yale. 



A discussion was held on the subject of raising a subscription for 

 the purpose of erecting a new building, but most members consid- 

 ered it was not advisable to attempt this at present. 



On motion of Mr. Yale, a committee consisting of himself and 

 Col. Ransom were appointed to examine, survey, and report on the 

 lot recently set apart near Lone Mountain by the city authorities, 

 for the purposes of an "Academy of Sciences." 





