450 [Assembly 



tBtrougli a cullender, and when in a proper condition ; roll onl 

 ttds pulp like jujube paste. It was always much esteemed. 



Mr. Field, of Brooklyn, spoke of the former product of peaches, 

 whence sloop loads used to be exported, and where now they 

 seem not to flourish generally. Also, Virgalieu pears, once abuDr 

 dant and perfect, have since almost entirely fallen off from that 

 fine condition of twenty-five years past. Some now succeed. 



Mr. , of Long Island.— They succeed now in Kings and. 



Q;aeens counties. 



The Secretary read his note on Blood peaches, translated from 

 Ae French, viz : That this peach possesses the valuable peculiar 

 quality of always re-producing its like from its pits. Some seed* 

 were distributed. 



The Club adjourned to Tuesday, the 27th, at noon. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



February ^1, 1855. 



Present — Messrs. President Pell, Prof. Mapes, Toucey, Averf^ 



Leigh, Reid, Field, of Brooklyn, Bowman, T. B. Stillman, Van 



Boskerck, Dr. Wellington, Prof. Youmans, B. Pike, Senior, of 



Jersey, Hon. Robert Swift Livingston, and others. Fifty -six iu 



President R. L. Pell in the chair. Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



The Secretary read the following papers, translations, &c.,made 

 \j him: 



[Wilson's Cyclopedia, 1852.] 



GEORGICAL EFFECTS OF LIME. 

 " Lime was well known to the Romans of old, but perhaps ng* 

 ased till the time of Pliny. 



Cato directs how a lime kiln should be constructed, and hour 

 Kme stone should be calcined ; and speaks of the contract mad© 

 between the proprietor of the kiln, and the proprietor of the 

 limestone. 



