406 Cincinnati Horticultural Society. September, 



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July 26. — The President made a verbal report, giving an account 

 of his recent visit to several of the Fruit Gardens and Nurseries in 

 the Eastern States. Also, an interesting arrangement effected with 

 the Patent Office for the cultivation at the farm of the F'armers' 

 College, of the rare seeds and fruits received from time to time by 

 the government, and reports to be made to the institution at Wash- 

 ington. 



Mr. Matthew Hart was elected a member of the Society. 



The Committee on Vegetables made the following report : — By Mr. 

 Mears — Cabbage raised from seed received from the Patent Office, one 

 variety, the Winnistead. The heads remarkably large and solid. 

 Early Adams, another variety somewhat larger, but not as solid. Of 

 both kinds the specimens were uncommonly fine. 



Mr. Orange and Mr. Mears report that the Peas called the Cham- 

 pion of England, received from the Patent Office, were cultivated by 

 them, and found to be, in their opinion, decidedly superior to any 

 Peas heretofore cultivated in this region. Adjourned. 



August 2. — The following circular was received from the Hon. M. 

 P. Wilder, President of the United States Agricultural Society, which 

 was ordered to be published with the minutes : 



Agricultural Rooms, Philadelphia, July, 1856. 



The next exhibition of the "United States Agricultural Society" 

 will be held in this city, commencing on Tuesday, October 7, 1856. 

 The exhibition is designed to represent fully the present state of 

 American Agriculture, and in addition to the display of stock, imple- 

 ments and machinery, will include farm produce and substances im- 

 mediately derived therefrom. Among them American wines will 

 occupy a prominent place, and the undersigned respectfully solicit 

 deposits of the best samples from all parts of the Union. The wine- 

 growing interest of the country is steadily increasing, and every con- 

 sideration demands that its importance should be strikingly manifested 

 at our National Fair. 



We shall, therefore, be pleased to learn from you, at your earliest 

 convenience, to what extent you will be prepared to add to the value 

 of this department of the exhibition, by deposits of the best descrip- 

 tions of wine which you may possess, whether of your own or of other 

 American production. 



