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The President remarked that he could do nothing in relation 

 to it upon his own responsibility; that he was not free to act ; that 

 it is impossible to gratify the good feeling of Mr. Vattemare on 

 this occasion. 



That gentleman did homage to the report on metrical weights 

 and measures, of which he had sent a collection to New York, ad- 

 vising its adoption. 



The President said that the society could not but be unanimous 

 in according their sympathy to this project — that the adoption of 

 the decimal metrical system in all civilized States would be an 

 immense service rendered to international relations, because it 

 will give the means of comprehending perfectly by all civilized 

 men a common weight or measure, and also be greatly beneficial 

 in scientific works. 



Gerard Temguy exhibited some cauliflowers. He had sent by 

 railroad from Morlaix to Havre, and thence to Paris, 14,000 of 

 them. They arrived in perfect condition. He had pulled them 

 within the last month. 



In a discussion on grafting pears by Dr. Aube and Monsieur 

 Bourgeois, the latter was of opinion that the subject had not yet 

 been studied, and the influence on the graft and on the stock, and 

 reciprocally of the graft on the stock. He had found by expe- 

 rience that the Saint Germain and the magnificent Beurre are al- 

 ready not good. He thinks that this subject should be carefully 

 studied, as well as the soil and the age of the trees. 



Mr. Jamin saw last fall, in a journey, a proprietor who has 

 pears grafted on the quince for one hundred and fifty years, still 

 bearing magnificent pears, while he had been obliged to remove 

 all his seedling pear stocks. 



Mr. Bernard de Rennes said that he had studied the subject 

 comparatively, but had not arrived at a conclusion. He firmly 

 believed that the seedling stocks grew best in pebbly, poor soil. 



Dr Aube had examined the growth of the pear and the quince 

 at the grafr, and the growth of the two woods was sympathetic, 

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