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there any room for doubt as to the safety of that reliance. Liebig's 

 " fertilizer," has been found good on good soil, but not so on the poor 

 soil. We cannot afford here to use much imported manure. We 

 ought to go thoroughly into the subject of seeds, for it is one of very 

 great importance. 



Chairman. — A friend of mine has planted Italian wheat for three 

 years; he sowed in fields where there was no danger of its mix- 

 ing with other grain ; he selected the largest seeds from the largest 

 heads, and obtained thus a better and more productive crop. The like 

 care was taken by Baden as to Indian corn with great success. 



Mr. Meigs. — I raised corn from Baden's seed, and the stalks were, 

 many»of them, 15 to 16 feet high, and bore on the average six ears 

 each. One gave 13 very imperfect ears. 



John W. M'Intyre presented seeds of the Spanish winter water me- 

 lon, grown in New Jersey. 



Corn from the South-west part of Indiana, of the finest gourd seed 

 kind, was presented. 



Mr. Wells, of Brooklyn, remarked that an insect called rose bug 

 had of late years appeared in many places in very large numbers, de- 

 stroying grapes and other fruits. He proposes that the means of ar- 

 resting this evil be made the subject of consideration at the next club, 

 as this destroying little bug appears in June. 



Adopted unanimously ; and it was desired by the club that full no- 

 tice be given of the alarming evil to be feared from the insect this 

 summer and in future. 



The club adjourned. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



