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begin to find this out, and that the vine must have space. That Mr. 

 Cozzens, of Dobb's Ferry, when living in this city, found an accidental vine 

 growing in his yard, he nourished it. After some time he bought his pre- 

 sent farm at Dobb's Ferry, and transplanted his vine to it. A committee 

 of the Institute has examined his fine vineyard and admired his first love, 

 which now surrounds his dwelling in all directions, is an ample bearer and 

 is the admired progenitor of the Cozzens vines, and one of its admirers 

 was WashincrtoB Irving:, who resided near it. 



Subjects adopted for the next meeting, — "The best food for stock in 

 winter," "subsoil plowing and draining," destructive insects." 



Adjourned to Monday, September 12th, at noon. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



September 12, 1859. 



Present, 55 members. Rev. Dr. Adamson, of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 in the chair. 



The Secretary read the following translations and extracts from the last 

 works, foreign and home, received by the Institute since the last meet- 

 ing, viz: 



[Journal de la Societe Imporiale et Centrale d" Horticulture. Paris, Juillet, 1859.] 



PR0CE8 VERBAL. 



A letter from le Comte de Morny was read by the President Payen, an- 

 nouncing that the Empress Eugenie had granted the Cross of the Legion 

 of Honor to M. Felix Malot, for his important services rendered to horti- 

 culture, and especially arboriculture. 



A NEW MODE OP GRAFTING. 



M. Forkert, of Prussia, (verbandlung des vereius zur Befoerd d Garten- 

 baues in der Preuss-Staaten,) has discovered it, and it has many advan- 

 tages of importance. When a season is quite dry the escutcheon graft is 

 often difficult, on account of the bark becoming too dry to peel from the 

 wood, except for a very brief period. This is very troublesome where 

 grafting is wanted in large establishments. Forkert's method makes the 

 season immaterial, if you provide suitable buds, and besides the operation 

 is very quick, and what is better, almost always sure. Make a place for the 

 bud as usual, but lift a little of the wood under the bark, fix the bud and tie 

 it on with woolen yarn enough to hold it on ; then cover all up with some- 

 thing which will immediately harden in the air. Cold liquid mastic is 

 good — so is collodion. The whole secret consists in a perfect and absolute 

 exclusion of air. 



The learned M. Koch indorses the method before the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of Berlin. He has tried it on hundreds of roses without a failure. 

 It heals quicker and faster than our old methods. M. Forkert has per- 



