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Death of Mr. Setii Boyden. 

 Mr. P. T. Qninn spoke as follows : The horticultural community 

 ■will regret to learn of the death of a great and good man, Seth Boy- 

 den, at liis home at Clinton township, Essex county, New Jersey. 

 Mr. Boyden, some years ago, turned his attention to the improve- 

 ment of the strawberries, and signally succeeded in this, as in the 

 many valuable inventions by which his name is now well and favor- 

 ably known throughout the length and breadth of this country. Mr. 

 Boyden, after many years' patient labor, enriched the horticultural 

 world by introducing respective]_y the following named varieties of 

 strawberries : Green Prolific, Agriculturalist, Boyden's Ko. 20 and 

 No. 30. These berries are widely and extensively planted, and the 

 last named is one of the most promising new varieties now on the list. 

 Therefore, 



Resolved^ That the Farmers' Club of the American Institute deeply 

 regret to learn of the death of Seth Boyden, and feel that the horti- 

 culturists throughout the country will mourn his loss. 



Resohed, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the 

 surviving members of the late Seth Boyden's family. 



These resolutions were passed unanimously, after which Dr. Isaac 

 P. Trimble moved that Mr. D. B. Bruen, an old neighbor of the 

 deceased, be requested to present, at some future meeting, a paper in 

 ■which there should be fuller mention of the achievements, discoveries, 

 improvements and characteristics which made Mr. Boyden so well 

 known and highly esteemed. 



Adjourned. 



April 12, 1870. 



1^^AT^AN C, Ely, Esq., in the cliair; Mr. Joiin W. Chambers, Secretary. 

 Sulphuric Acid. 



Mr. O. II. Coots, Morrisville, Vt., wants to know the price of sul- 

 plmric acid. His drnggist charges him ten cents a pound for it, and 

 he sees it quoted in the papers at a lower rate. Has thirty bushels 

 of bone to dissolve. 



Mr, J. B. Lyman. — I am familiar with a manufjicturer on Staten 

 Island who informs me that he now sells it by the quantity at two 

 and a half cents per pound, and hopes to be able to make it for 

 farmers' use at two cents. 



