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uses as timber. We have some of that importation on our farm 

 now, but our forest mulbei'ry is a very useful' timber. As a. post 

 it is ' ne of the most lasting; as ship timber, it is also very suita- 

 ble and durable. My carpenter advised the use of it for founda- 

 tion timber in building, on that account. When seasoned, it be- 

 comes very hard, and is much more easy to saw than to cut. 

 There is no tree more readily cultivated, and none more durable. 



Mr. RobinS'in. The locust trees of our western country are 

 not troubled by the borer. The buttouwood of our country is 

 more valuable than is generally supposed, as timber and boards^ 



Mr. Pell. We often tind the first locust Irees of our planting 

 fail by the borers, but when we plow between the rows, breaking 

 up their roots, we soon see a second crop of trees whicli are much 

 more free from attack. Long Island is very favorable to this 

 tree, and it flourishes especially on lands so level that they are 

 occasionally flooded by heavy rains. Such trees are entiielyfree 

 from the borer. 



The Secretary moved that the meetings be held weekly, as 

 usual, every spring, for receiving and distributing seeds, phmts, 

 grafts, &c. Carried. 



■ Samuel B. Halliday of Providence, Rhode Island, [resented a 

 barrel of Dover potatoes, and a bag of flesh-colored corn, for dis- 

 tribution. He says the potatoes are deemed the best cultivated 

 in that region ; quality good, and the yield fifteen to twenty per 

 cent, greater than the Mercers ; much less liable to rot, and 

 sometimes not rotting at all, while other kinds were entirely lost. 

 Growth also quick. The corn has yielded on a five acre field a 

 fraction over eighty bushels shelled, per acre. It matures early, 

 has a small cob, which causes it to be preferred to other kinds. 



Subjects for next meeting : American Forest Treet-', and the 

 process of growth of plants, and the operation of fertilizers. 



The Club then adjourned to Tuesday, February 22, at noon. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



