Ko. 244.] 351 



Mr. Rice — We had sweet corn fit for table c^ the sixteenth day 

 from the planting. We had radishes on Easte Sunday, the 23d of 

 April. I sowed turnips and radishes at 6 o'clock in the evening of 

 Friday and they were all up on I*,Ionday morning. 



Mr. Harris leaves the chair and Judge Van Wyck takes it on re- 

 quest of the Club. 



Mr. Romaine — Our timothy in Delaware county is very fine this 

 season, we can tie much of it over our heads, as they say. Our ap- 

 ple trees are breaking their branchej with weight of apples. 



Mr. Van Epps — In my travels through this State, I see that the 

 hay crop is very fine. 



Henry Steele, of Jersey city, presented very fine beautiful and large 

 gooseberries, an enormous amount on a bush, hanging under the 

 limbs almost touching each other. 



Captain William Burroughs, Ncwburyport, presented Croton oil 

 seeds gathered by himself in Rio Janeiro, last March, being then ripe. 

 The tree is about from fifteen to twenty-five feet high and grows 

 somewhat like the fig tree. 



The subjects — Saltm uck, Hay crop and turnip planting continu- 

 ed. The Club adjourned. 



Jugust 1, 1848. 

 Samuel Allen, in the Chair. Henry Meigs, Secretary. 

 Mr. Meigs read the following translation made by him: 



From Revue Horticole, Paris, 1848. 

 BANIAN FIG TREE. 



There exists in the island of Zattevale, situated in the middle of 

 the river Reva, or Nerbudda, a Banian fig tree, (^Ficus Religiosa) 

 celebrated through all Hindoslan, — it bears the name of Cubbish 

 Burr. It covers an extent of ground upwards of two thousand feet 

 in circumference, wnth its branches At a certain distance it may 

 be taken for a hill covered with verdure. At the time of greatest 

 freshets, when the island is partly inundated, the inhabitants find a 

 refuge in this fig tree, who have to dispute with monkeys, birds, and 

 even serpents. This tree is three hundred years of . age. Seven thou- 

 sand men have been under its shade at once. 



