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Solon Robinson said he had a letter proposing " Market Garden Vege- 

 tables.^' F. K. Phoenix, of Bloomington, 111., asks this club to discuss 

 this question: ''What arc the very best varieties of vegetables for a mar- 

 ket garden, and how and when planted and tended, and in what rotation, 

 so as to make a complete list." 



He says such a list has never been published. 



The club selected the following questions for the next meeting: " The 



best variety of Market Vegetables," and " Fruits for Farms." 



Adjourned. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



Avgusf. 30, 1858. 



Present — Messrs. Fuller and Bruce, of Williamsburgh ; Lawton, of New 

 Rochelle ; Erhard, of Astoria ; DavoU and Stacey, of Brooklyn ; Prof. 

 Mapes, Prof. Morris, Dr. Tuthill, of the Times, Pardee, Solon Ptobinson, 

 Dr. Turnipseed, and others — forty-one members. 



William Lawton, of New Rochelle, in the chair. Henry Meigs, Secre- 

 tary. 



The Secretary read the following translations, &c., made by him, from 

 works received by the Institute since the last meeting, viz.: 



[Kevue Ilorticule, Journal d'Horticulture Pratique, Paris, July, 1858.] 



GARDEN COMPETITORS AT VERSAILLES, 



Fro?n the 16/h to the 20ih of Maij last^ under an immense tent., IIG feet 



in diameter. 



The prize of the Empress Eugenie was given to TrufFant, Jr., for his 

 azaleas. He possesses a secret method of raising them, and their colors, 

 brilliancy and extraordinary vividness, are admired by all beholders and 

 amateurs. He has fifteen varieties which he has raised from the seed. Ho 

 has also new and splendid rhododendrons from seed. 



A beautiful new rose called the George Vibert, striped absolutely like a 

 pink. The stachytarpheta whose flowers change their colors, was admired ; 

 it is also called verbena mutabilis, the changeable verbennm., grows forty 

 inches high, very branchy (tres-r-amijii) flowers in the main, scarlet. It is 

 readily propagated by its seeds or its cuttings. 



[Revue Horticole, Journavl d'Horticulture Pratique, Paris, July 16, 1858.] 



GREEN TEA. {Thea viridis.) 



The culture of it is not difficult. It is exactly the same as that of the 

 camellia. It is multiplied from its seed sown immediately as it ripens, or 

 by slips, or by marcotting, viz.: laying a branch under the soil or by shoots, 

 and it may be grafted on the camellia. It flowers in September. 



Many authors, De Candolle among them, regarded bohea tea and green 

 teas as varieties of the same plant, but it appears, however, that the diff'er- 

 ences between the two plants is sufficiently striking. The leaves of the 

 green tea are distinguished from the bohea by their greater size and bent 

 edges, as well as solitary flowers, and less numerous, but especially in the 



