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Mr. Bergen — Some of my cucumbers are struck with rust. 



Chairman — I never witnessed such splended vegetation as that 

 around me ! It is glorious ! Not insects enough to feed our little 

 birds. No worms' nests to be seen, no blemish visible on any 

 plant. 



Messrs. Pierce and Haskin exhibited a new patent churn. It 

 operates much like the propeller in water. The effect in making 

 butter said to be excellent. 



Wm. R. Prince, of the Flushing nursery, sends bowls of his 

 cherry currants and large white provence, with its silver edged 

 leaves, and some of his large raspberries. The large crystal 

 currant, with its silvery edged leaf. The provence is a charming 

 variety. Also a bouquet of rare flowers from his gardens. Mr. 

 Prince has many thousands of the dioscorea batatas growing well. 

 The plant requires sandy soil. 



Questions for next meeting : " The potato," and " small fruits." 



The Club then adjourned to Tuesday, August 18, at noon. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



August ISth, 1857. 



Present — Messrs. William Lawton, of New Rochelle,and Adrian 

 Bergen, of Gowanus, Long Island, Dr. Underbill, of Croton Point, 

 Messrs. R. G. Pardee and Ehlers, Judge Harris, Mr. Scoville, Dr. 

 Waterbury, Messrs. Solon Robinson and Davis, Dr. Smith, Messrs. 

 Hite of Morrisania, Joshua L. Pell, John W. Chambers, and 

 others; forty-one members. 



Mr. Lawton in the chair. Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



[The Journal of Agriculture, and the Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural 



Society of Scotland.] 



Extracts by H. Meigs. 

 FISH BREEDING, {Pisciculture.) 

 Salmon fry leaving a river in April or May, will certainly return 

 to it in mjricids in about from fifty to sixty days, and so aston- 

 ishingly grown, as to be a coveted article of human food. We 

 repeat, that the result of the experiment at Stormontfield has 

 proved, that salmon fit for market can be artificially raised within 

 twenty months after the deposition of the ova. That it willprov^ 



