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Mr. Waring presented a good specimen of Egyptian corn, or 

 millet. 



Subjects for next meeting — " Improvement of Swamp Lands," 

 and " Cutting and Spring Treatment of Asparagus." 



The Club then adjourned to Tuesday, March 13, at noon. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary, 



March 13, 1855. 

 Present — Messrs. President Pell, Hon. Robert Swift Livingston, 

 Geo. B. Rapelye, Prof. Mapes, Prof. Waring, Dr. Church, Dr 

 Woodbury, Mr. Sheldon, Rev. Mr. Carter of Brooklyn, Dr. Shel- 

 ton of Jamaica, L. Island, Paul Stillman, Messrs. Leigh, Hopkins, 

 Phenix, Pike of Jersey, Lodge of Jersey, Toucey, Robinson and 

 others — 65 members. 



Hon. R. S. Livingston in the chair. 



Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



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

 him, viz: 



[Bulletin De La Societe D'Encouragement. 1853. From Alexander Vattemare.] 



Doctor Robonam states his experiments on the malady of the 

 grape from 1849. All the leaves and grapes on new and old 

 vines which run on the ground are sound and healthy; those 

 which run over fresh tilled land are less so than those which run 

 over green sod; those that run over heaps of stones are healthy. 



Messrs. Jametel and Vincent mention a singular fact. They 

 saw in the forest of Fontainbleau a sandstone rock covered with 

 large whitish spots, some more than a meter large. They sought 

 for the cause of this peculiarity, and found that leaden bullets 

 had biea fired against this rock, and that there was a slight 

 amount of lead at the tops of these spots where the bullets struck, 

 and the whitish color was owing to a partial solution of the lead. 

 They then recollected that in 1839 an encampment of soldiery 



