56 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



cailMHiic ficid and sulplimi'ttrd liytlrn^eii. Avliirli it abstracts from llic g"'iS, 

 Tliat is the piirpuse lor wliicli the lime is nsod. In its iVosli cojulilion 

 thi'se substances are ?<> acrid tliey are dostractive to vegetable life. It 

 Bli«)idd be tlien composted witli nmck or some otlier substance. If tlic linio 

 is kept exposed to ibe at»nosp)iere for a year or two, it may tben bo nsed 

 in tiie same wa}- as sniphato of lime ^plaster), and ■witli al)oiit the same 

 efl'eet. \Nliere tlie action jiroduccd by (jnick linie is recjnired, ga« lime is 

 .not valuable. 



Presertino Meat without Salt. 



yir. Oeorg'e Bartlett stated an important fact wliicli lias lately been pub, 

 lislied, in reg'ord to a discovery lately made by Prof. Morgan, of Dublin 

 for preserving- >neat b}' infusing- brijie into the arteries of an animal as soon 

 as life is extinct. A reservoir containing the brine lias an elevation of 30 

 feet. An incision is then mad(! into the great artery of the heart, and the 

 nozzle of a flexible pipe inserted and made fast, A corresponding opening 

 is then made upon the other side of the heart, and the sto|>cock of the pipr* 

 opened, and the pressure forces out all the blood from the body of the ani- 

 ni;il. NYhen the brine begins to run clear, the discharge opening i.s closed 

 and the veins ren^ain filled with brine. The salt is somewhat absorbed 

 thri'U;jh all the tissues of the meat, -which, it is r.aid, will then keep almost 

 any length of time required, without any further aildition of salt. Prof, 

 Graham, L(jndon, has discovered a process by which he is enabled, at 

 slight expense, to extract a large amount of nutriment fronr brine which 

 has been used i)i the preservation of meat, m* it is well known that the 

 action of brine on meat extracts much of its nutritious quality. The pro 

 cess of Prof, Morgan preserves all this nntrimcnt in tlie meat. 



Flower Culturi — How to Increase It. 



A lady in Vermont sends the following interesting letter to the Club : 

 " Having been disappointed in trying to procure some »eed of the aihui- 

 thus ill another quarter to wliich 1 apj)lied, I have the assurance to ask 

 you to assist me to some. All my life I have devoted a few lei.snre hours 

 to the cultivation of llowers, and for the ten years last fiaut 1 have had the 

 ])le;isuro of seeing my neighbnrs one alter antitlier esigagiiig in gardening, 

 and many quite thriving flower gardens can now be seen in tiiis neighbor- 

 hood, and there is a plensant rivalry among us for tlx- .^mest flowers and 

 the rarest and new?st seeds. I dispense seeds (.such as 1 have myself, or 

 can procure) to tlic young people for many miles around my own home — 

 and every j'ear I try for new ones. I have read (he debates of your ("iiib 

 and wished I might be a hearer instead of a readi-r, and share in the choice 

 Heeds distributed there. J id>served yesterchiy in a ridi* (tf some s<'ven or 

 eight miles, some new thing.'* that I liked — many litthj pieces of grounll 

 formerly neglcct(;<l as coiisidere(l worthless for cultivation now ting up 

 nicely, the bushes )>ullcil dul, and the stones pih'd up and the ground 

 plaiiteil. Many pieces used as pasture ami partly overrun with biisl es and 

 brier have been brought into line condition. But 1 am making too long a 

 letter, when I do not even know that you will think it woiili looking at. I 

 have long wibhcd to be one of your corre.^poiidenls, l>o yon know anything 



