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adoption by the Institute; it being remarked by the President, Gene- 

 ral Tallmadge, that the Institute cannot in any manner interfere in the 

 action of the constituted authorities of our State or cities. 



President Talhnadge was much pleased with the present of seeds 

 from Lieutenant Rowan, and reccommended a like course to all our 

 enterprising men, who visit every land. And also special attention 

 to the grapes of the Pacific coast, California, Chili, &c., that those 

 vines of which we hear praise, and being American, will doubtless 

 flourish here, may be brought here speedily for trial. 



Subject for next meeting. Grafting, Inoculating, Madder, Mildew, 

 Seeds and Planting, and the Grapes of California, and Norton's Seed- 

 ling Grape. 



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The Club then adjourned to this day week. 



H. MEIGS, Sec'y. 



March 26, 1850. 

 Judge Robert S. Livingston in the chair. Henry Meigs, Sec'y. 



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 The Secretary read the following translation made by him from 

 Cicero's (" rfe Senectute''') Essay on Old Age. 



I am fond of retracing to the beginning the noble science of agri- 

 culture, and take great pleasure in the fact that from the beginning 

 the best and wisest of men have always been devoted admirers of it. 



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Among otliers I love the ideas of Cicero, and I present here some 

 extracts from his " de Smectute^^ (Essay upon Old Age,) which I 

 translate as follows : 



Delights of Jlgriculture. — "I come now to the delights (volup 

 tates) of farmers, with which I am incredibly charmed ; and these 

 are not at all impeded by old age, and seem to me to be in the most 

 close connection with the wisdom of life. The soil, always ready 



