212 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



By Mr. Hardenbrook. — Subject for next meeting : " The most profita- 

 ble management of small farms near greais cities," 



The Mistletoe of England, with its fruit on, was on the table. 



The club adjourned to Tuesday, January IStL, at noon. It meets every 

 Tuesday,, at noon. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



January 18, 1859. 



Present — Messrs. Benjamin Pike and Mr. Doughty, of Jersey ; Fuller, 

 of Brooklyn; Burgess, Bruce, Witt and Kavanach, of Williamsburgh ; 

 Dr. Shelton, Dr. Crowell, Hardenbrook, of Greenwich, Conn. ; Judge H. 

 E. French, of Exeter, New Hampshire; Prof. Mapes, of Jersey; Prof. 

 Nash, Messrs. Wells, Chilson, Patrick, Lawton, Pardee, Chambers, Pierce, 

 Daniel C. Robinson, B. L. Pell and others — 4:1 members. 



President Pell in the chair. Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



The Secretary read the following translations and extracts from works 

 of home and abroad, received by the American Institute since last meet- 

 ing, viz : 



[Journal de la Soeiete Imperia^e et Centrale d'HorticuUure, Paris, November 1858.] 



Seeds of the Chamomiles, Pyrethrum roseum, and Carneum have been 

 planted, and two or three varieties raised, called Gloire de Nimy and Tom- 

 Pouee — (Glory of Minny and Tom Thumb,) very beautiful flowers. These 

 Chamomiles, when their flowers are dried, are used as Insectldes — Insect 

 Destroyers. 



CUSCUTE OR DODDER, A PARASITE. 



In temperate latitudes, some climb and twist around large trees — some 

 of them gigantic. In AfFghanistan there is one that half buries the tree it 

 is attached to. Valmont de Bomare, in his Dictionaire d'Histoire Natur- 

 elle, speaks of it growing like hair on grapes. It was called a monster by 

 Fortunatus Licetus, and by Aldrovandus, long ago. It is occasionally 

 found thick as on the human head and upwards of three feet long. Keteler 

 has caused it to grow on bunches of grapes. It is thought to be a large 

 growth of that terrible pest the Oidium — and that it may spread. 



EGGS. 



3Ions. De Sora, on a farm near Paris, raises poultry, and has eggs on a 

 great scale. He feeds them with horse flesh, raw, minced, &c. He began 

 with 300 hens, who gave him in the first year 300 eggs each. In 1857, he 

 had 100,000 hens, laying at a like rate, or 40 million eggs. The old fash- 

 ioned barnyard fowls are preferred to the modern fancy Shanghai, Cochin, 

 &c., being easier fed, and giving better flesh and eggs. The minced meat 

 is seasoned very slightly ivith salt and ground pepper — for these hens are 

 somewhat epicures ! Sora clears $17,500 per annum by his eggs, &c. 



Pecan nuts fatten wild turkies. Horse chesnuts steeped a while in lime 



