200 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



gaiidry, Foreign Secretary; Jacquemart, (Frederic), Member of the 

 Council, De Quatrefages, of tlie Institute, Richard, (du Cantal), 

 Vice-President, Le Earon Seguier, of the Institute, Le Marquis 

 De Selve, Le Compte De Sinety, Jacques Valserres, Members of 

 the Council. 



Strangers are entitled as well as Frenchmen, to premiums and 

 encouragement. Judges only are deprived. 



The premiums and encouragements annually, shall be 



1st. If there be room for it, title of Honorary Member. 



2d. One or more medals of gold, of large size, (Grand module,) 

 worth intrinsically, 300 francs — ^60. 



3d. Silver medal of the first rank. 



4th. Bronze medals of the second class. 



5th. Medals of Honor. 



Every medal should bear the name of the Laureate with the 

 date and object of this premium. 



Honorary notices may be given, also premiums in money. 



Those persons who claim premiums, &c., must address, (post- 

 age free,) before Dec. 1, their claim, stating the results, &c. 



These premiums, &c., will be distributed annually, at a general 

 meeting of the society, in public, and the views of the society 

 will be then stated and an address made by the President or Vice- 

 President, and a general report will be read of the transactions 

 for the past year, by the Secretary General or a Vice- Secretary. 



This meeting shall take place on the 10th day of February an- 

 nually — that being the day of the foundation of the society. 

 [From -the California Chronicle, San Francisco, April 5th, 1S56.] 



TOBACCO. 



A gentleman in Almeda county (says the Mining Journal,) has" 

 planted ten acres of tobacco the present yeai*. The seed is of the 

 best Cuban varieties^ and the proprietor expects to realize a hand- 

 some profit from the operation. His calculations are based upon 

 experiments made on the spot during the two or three past sea- 

 sons. 



Mote. — Then we need not take Cuba for our cigars. Perhaps 

 the Alamidas of our United States, may be even superior to the 

 most costly Havanas. H. Meigs. 



[Revue Horticole, Paris, May 1, 1856.] 

 THE CHINESE YAM AGAIN— (Dwcorea Batatas.) 



Translated by H. Meigs. 

 It was generally supposed that this tuber would stand frost, so 

 that it might be left in the ground all winter. I did not abso- 

 lutely believe this, and therefore I deem it my duty to say what 



