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city could not furnish a tithe of what is needed. I have examined the 

 plain lands of Long Island, and find them abundantly rich for producing 

 forest trees, if the scrub oaks, &c., were cleared away, and land plowed 

 and planted four feet apart, and cultivated two or three years. As the 

 trees grow, they may be thinned out, either for fuel or timber, or for trans- 

 planting. Theree is no doubt in my mind that large fortunes might be 

 made upon the outlay of small capital, in making forest-tree plantations 

 near this city. Now is about the right time to plant black walnuts, but- 

 ternuts and acorns. 



VARIETIES OP CORN. 



Wm. S. Carpenter exhibited some specimens of Imperial White corn, 

 which grows in long ears and small cobs, and is very productive. It ori- 

 ginated in Connecticut. The golden drop is another excellent new sort of 

 corn, and so is the " hominy corn," from Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Carpenter 

 said that he grew this year twenty-five varieties of corn. The King Philip 

 yielded him seventy bushels per acre. He also wished it to be distinctly 

 understood that he has no seed for sale. He recommends those who want 

 improved varieties of corn, to apply to Thorburn instead of him> as he is 

 not a seedsman, but a sort of amateur farmer, anxious to develop the best 

 sorts of cultivated plants. 



The next meeting will be at noon, Monday, Dec. 5, and the subject 

 of ice-houses, seedling trees, and the cultivation of food for men and ani- 

 mals, will be up for further discussion. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



December 5, 1859. 

 Present, 97 members. Kobert L. Pell in the chair. 



A NEW DISINPECTOR. 



E,. G. Pardee stated that 100 parts of plaster of Paris, and one to three 

 parts of coal tar, mixed together, is the ingredients of a new disinfectant 

 lately discovered and highly approved in Paris. It must be thoroughly 

 mixed by grinding, or in a mortar, and then a very small portion has a 

 wonderful effect upon every substance of an offensive nature. This is the 

 new disinfector that the papers of France have lately spoken of as in use 

 in the hospitals of Paris. It is a new discovery, and if only half as use- 

 ful as it is alleged, it must become very popular, as it is so very inexpen- 

 sive. It is sold out of the Paris shops by the single pound, and less than 

 ten cents. 



THE HUBBARD SQUASH. 



Wm. S. Carpenter exhibited a specimen of the pure Hubbard squash, 

 which, of twenty-five varieties grown by him, he considers the best, in all 

 respects, of the whole squash family. The shell of this is of a pale green, 

 and the flesh a rich golden yellow. The largest size is about twelve or 

 fifteen pounds weight, and average about' seven or eight pounds. One of 



