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ought to be, the master of the tropical world. The gi-eat desire of 

 the English Government for the possession of this portion of the 

 country is from the fact that this is the grand opening to the inte- 

 rior, leading directly through the cotton country, whose kings are 

 fjivorable to Liberia, and would remain so, if not meddled with by 

 those governed by the principles of greed and gain. The foot of 

 civilized man never trod many parts of this rich valley. 



" Mr. President, I feel highly honored by having been invited to 

 speak before these learned gentlemen, who do not seem to fear 

 that my complexion is contagious, or that I am excessively odorif- 

 erous. I can assure you that in lecturing throughout the country, 

 as I hope to do this winter, I shall not forget your cordial recep- 

 tion. The future of the negro is certainly growing brighter in the 

 tropics, and ere long we hope to compare favorably with this 

 enlightened country, particularly in matters of agriculture." 



Dr. J. V. C. Smith. — Mr. Lloyd is a personal acquaintance. 

 He was born in Nubia, that country in which the Queen of Sheba 

 reigned. It is not likely that he knows much about the region, for 

 he left it when young; but I have visited it, and saw most stupen- 

 dous ruins, which give evidence that once it was the seat of the 

 arts, and, for those days, a high civilization. 



Mr. P. T. Quinn oflered the following resolution: 



''Resolved, That the thanks of the Farmers' Club of the Ameri 

 can Institute be, and they are hereby tendered to Lieut. Lloyd, of 

 Liberia, for his intelligent, able, and most interesting remarks on 

 the advantages offered by that comitry to immigrants, and his 

 account of the way in which the staple crops are produced." 



Mr. Arnold, of Delaware, seconded the resolution, which was 

 unanimously adopted. 



TRANSPLANTING EVERGKEENS AND OTHER TREES. 



Mr. C. A. Hall, Richmond, St. Croix, Wis. — I would beg per- 

 mission to state one fact in relation to transplanting evergreens. 

 Never remove them until the buds have become sufficiently swollen 

 to show the green. If this condition is complied with, not one in 

 a hundred will be lost. The reason is, the buds are hermetically 

 sealed up with a gum that exudes from the tree, when the tree is 

 removed before the buds have swollen. This gum dries hard, and 

 all the latent forces of the tree cannot disentomb it. I would also 

 like to state a fact in relation to transplanting the sugar maple. 

 Never disturb them while in the full flow of sap. You might as 



