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enouo-h millet to make five or six hundred gallons of sirup. You can 

 grind and boil three hundred or three hundred and fifty gallons of 

 juice per day, producing about fifty gallons of sirup. I have not tried it 

 for sugar, and I only desire to save some 8G00 or 8800 annually that 

 I expend for molasses for my people. It can be kept for grinding. I 

 tbink it likely to compete with the sugar-cane of Louisiana. I think 

 it is particularly valuable in your region, and hereafter I will give the 

 particulars^of my experiment if you desire it." 



This Millet, or Egyptian Corn, is known to many of our cultivators 

 who have raised it for feeding chickens, and in some instances it has 

 been ground for meal, making a delightful bread. Many of the mem- 

 bers of our society think it worthy of cultivation for fodder, and if 

 used for molasses it may be a profitable crop in the valley of the Ohio, 

 as we are now dependent on Louisiana for our sugar and sirup. There 

 is no difiiculty in keeping the grain in perfection in this climate. 



Professor Comstock, famous for the discovery and application of 

 Terra-culture, was introduced to the members, and an interesting dis- 

 cussion was kept up for some time, on the different modes of cultiva- 

 ting vegetables and plants. 



August 16. — The Committee appointed at the last meeting to report 

 on the Seedling grape, raised by Mr. Eintz, presented specimens of 

 the fruit and leaves of the vine ; also, the different varieties of the 

 Fox grape, to make a comparison between the seedling and the native 

 Fox grape. The committee think that the new variety will be a valu- 

 able grape for wine, supposing that it will make a red wine, and ripen- 

 ing the fruit early in the season. Further time was granted to com- 

 plete the report. 



An interesting communication was received from A. Burnett, Esq., 

 (a member of the society, now in London), inclosing some seeds of a 

 new variety of Pansey. 



On motion, the seeds were handed over for distribution, and extracts 

 from the letter ordered to be printed with the minutes of the society. 



Mr. Burnett says : 



" I inclose you a few of Mr. Tuck's finest Pansey seed. He assures 

 me that they are of the latest variety, and, if they prove equal to 

 those I saw in his own garden, they are a rarity. The Delphinium 

 Formosum is a beautiful flower, quite new here and highly prized. 

 The Eckshosholtzia Tenneflia I am not acquainted with, but it is 

 highly recommended. 



I yesterday visited the Royal Cremone Gardens, and saw there the 

 grand exhibition of American plants. It is truly wonderful to see to 



