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trial of the same. Should the funds of the Society justify it, it 

 is designed to import the seed of the various grasses selected, 

 and to give them a thorough trial in every part of the State, pro- 

 vided suitable persons can be secured to give them a fair trial 

 under favorable circumstances. It is expected, that gentlemen 

 may be willing to make the trial in some instances, on an ex- 

 tended scale, and defray in part at least the expense of the seeds, 

 which will materially lessen the amount to he expended by the 

 Society. When it is considered that the natural pastures of Great 

 Britain contain from 26 to 30 species or varieties of grass, com- 

 ing to maturity at different periods, so as to give a fresh bite to 

 the animal every week of the season, and when it is known that 

 prepared grasses may be had producing a like return, it cannot 

 we think be questioned, that this effort, if it shall prove success- 

 ful, will add largely to the productiveness of our farms, and prove 

 in the highest degree advantageous to the best interests of our 

 State and country. 



Models of Fruit. 



In pursuance of a resolution adopted by the S<;ciety at its last 

 annual meeting, Mr. Townend Glover, of Fishkill, was em- 

 ployed, to prepare models of fruit, which had been adjudged 

 by the Society as worthy of culture, to the number of 78 varieties 

 of apples, 27 of pears, 17 of plums, 14 of peaches, 9 of cherries, 2 of 

 grapes, 4 of strawberries, 3 of apricots, 2 of nectarines, 4 of cur- 

 rants, 4 of raspberries, and 14 of gooseberries, and a case of 

 insects. Mr. Glover has prepared with great skill, and true to 

 nature, 44 varieties of apples, 31 of pears, and 29 of plums, with 

 the insects ordered ; and they are now arranged in the museum 

 of the Society. The importauce of tliis collection cannot be too 

 highly appreciated, and it is believed, that an extension of the col- 

 lection is very desirable, whenever the funds of the Society will 

 allow it to be done. TJie balance of the models ordered, will be 

 completed as soon as suitable specimens can be procured for the 

 artist. 



The resolution in relation to M. Kos>uth was duly attended to, 



