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The appearance of the Litchi, with its bunches of scarlet fruit and 

 its fine green foliage, is beautiful indeed. The trees from the Mar- 

 cottes [Layers,] at from one to two feet high, produce the fruit in four 

 months after the Marcotting — many of the Litchis from seed, large 

 trees of sixty years of age, give no fruit. 



Decemher ISih, 1849. 

 Dr. Underbill of Croton Point, in the chair. Henry Meigs, Sec'y. 



The Secretary read the following translations from the xjublications 

 recently received by the Institute from France. 



Two crops of Cauliflowers from tJie same stems, — Cut the Cauli- 

 flowers so as to leave a portion of the flower at the bottom ; cover 

 the cut part with dry sand and presently the flower which has been 

 left will develope a new cauliflower — an entire new head! 



Disa Grandifora of Table Mountain, Cape of Good Hope. — Mr. 

 Bunbury of London examined the plain constituting that table. The 

 general level is well known as very remarkable, but it presents some 

 inequalities, and among them some swamps in which the Disa is found. 

 He says of it : "In my opinion it is one of the most magnificent fow 

 ers in creation " 



The table is a narrow band about two miles long, abrupt on all 

 sides stretching from south-east to north-west. The table is nearly 

 3700 feet above the level of the sea. 



Revue Horticole, September, 1849. 



Loiseleur Deslongchamps, recently deceased, furnished for the Re- 

 vue lately, the following interesting remarks on gigantic grape vines. 



I saw on the farm of a man near my country seat a few years ago, 

 a grape vine which covered the branches of ten or twelve large Prune 

 trees. In good years this vine yields one hundred gallons of good 



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