No. 244.. 313 



The society subscribed for 25 copies. 



20. A Schoolmaster came express from Bulgaria to St. Petersburg 

 to ask from the society copies of all books of which it has dupli- 

 cates. The society agreed and presented him with one thousand 

 seven hundred and fifty one volumes. 



21. The catalogue of plants in the Botanical Garden of Nevs^- 

 York, was recognised as the most perfect of its kind, and the council 

 proposed to have it printed, to serve as a model for all the Horticul- 

 tural establishments in Russia. 



22. The society subscribed for 10 copies of the Russian Flora in 

 the Russian language, by Mr. Lewin. 



23. On motion of the perpetual Secretary, the society engaged 

 M. Prokopowiisch to write for the peasants a manual on the man- 

 agement of bees. 



24. Dr. Johnson says that no kind of cabbage is cultivated in 

 Finland or in Sweden, notwithstanding the climate favors the cul- 

 ture of all cabbages. Wood strawberries abound in the forests of 

 Finland. An Horticultural Society is established at Mittau, in 

 Courland, whose principal object is, acclimation of plants from abroad 

 and their propagation. This society has a seed store where allseeds 

 are sold to the farmers of Courland at the cost. 



THE VALUE OF SUN-FLOWER SEED FOR OIL. 



The following article on the value of sun-ilower seeds for oil is 

 copied from " Ruffin's Farmer's Register," and will add to the in- 

 terest of that subject already elicited by the communication in the 

 proceedings of the Farmer's Club in our last number. 



Athens, August 25, 1839. 

 To the Editor of the Fariners^ Register. — Although a stranger to 

 you, I take the liberty of addressing you upon the subject of the sun- 

 flower plant: knowing that you take a deep interest in any and 

 everything connected with agriculture, &c. For the last five years 

 my attention, (mental I mean) has been at times occupied on the 

 merits of this plant, as a valuable addition to, if not a supercedent 

 to our oils, now in general and unavoidable use. I have used the 

 term mental because I have expended much more of thought than 



