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With many thanks for your kind attention, I remain your friend 

 and servant. 



Z. TAYLOR. 



Judge Van Wyck remarked that the history of the Dahlia reminds 

 us of the great improvement made by intelligent cultivation in other 

 vegetables and plants. The modem Dahlia is now called King, while 

 the Rose is styled Queen of flowers. We ought to persevere in our 

 efforts to improve all useful and agreeable plants. 



Rev. Mr. Elliott. — I prune grape vines in November. J set out the 

 cuttings as soon as cut. 



Chairman. — I have taken cuttings with young leaves on in May, 

 and succeeded well in growing them. I generally lose some 25 per 

 cent of those I set out, I put them about six or seven inches deep. 

 Two buds down, one just under the surface and but one out. 



Mr. Elliott. — I set them in sixteen inches and incline them about 

 thirty degrees. Will European grape vines stand the winter here t 



Chairman. — They live at my country seat 100 miles up the Hud- 

 son River. To carry them safe through the winter, I cover them three 

 fOr four inches with earth, (laying them down of course.) 



Mr. Meigs. — I made a deep trench according to the plan recom- 

 mended by Columella eighteen hundred years ago. Bones, ashes, 

 ripe manure, all well mixed by stirring. I set cuttings leaning 45 

 degrees to the north, (the trench being north and south.) I hardly 

 lost one of them. 



Judge Van Wyck. — We had an opportunity last fall to taste the 

 grapes from the cold vinery of Gen. Tallmadge, and we found them 

 of the first and largest growth, and of delicious taste. 



Meigs. — Some men of my age think it hardly worth their while to 

 plant vines and trees. I beg to quote an Oriental tale, as an apology 

 for us old men in our zeal for agriculture generally. 



