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Mr. Meigs presented an Orange Lemon seldom seen here, but fre- 

 quent in South America, and in the West Indies. It was tasted by 

 members. 



Subjects for next meeting, same continued, and by Mr. Wakeman ; 

 " How far does European Agriculture relate to us ?" 



Adjourned till Tuesday, March 28th, at noon. 



2S March, 1848.- 

 Judge R. S. Livingston, in the Chair. Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



Mr. Meigs read a communication from Dr. Henry'^H. Cox, assis- 

 tant of Dr. Reese, of New- York, on the agriculture of the beautiful 

 island of Bermuda, which Dr. Bartlett, the editor of the Albion, had 

 called the Garden of the Atlantic, Its lovely climate capable of a 

 great variety of vegetable productions, common both to the tropics 

 and the temperate zones, and within 3 or 4 days sail by a steamer. 



Mr. Wakeman presented a communication from Mr. Ancrum, upon 

 the subject of the history of sheep, particularly the Merino of Spain. 

 This communication was read in part and then referred for publica- 

 tion. 



J. S. Skinner. — The following communication from this gentle- 

 man was read, viz: 



Philadelphia, March 27, 1848. 

 To the Chairman of the New-York Farmers' Club. 



A sudden call takes me to Baltimore, else it would have ^been as 

 agreeable as edifying to hear the views of the mover, and others, on 

 the question (rather vague and expanded as it seems to me) " how 

 far European works on agriculture may be applied in this country." 

 To this, the natural answer would seem to be: as far as they are ap- 

 plicable! — nor is it easy to see how the mover himself can move a 

 peg farther, until he defines his position, — until he specifies a par- 

 ticular work, — or work on some paticular subject, and thus presents 

 the inquirer something to grapple. Otherwise does it not seem much 

 like asking a man : '' Sir, — what do you think of things in 



