AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 387 



March 19M, 1860. 

 Present 70 members. Mr. R. L. Pel! in the chair. 

 Mr. Meigs read his translations and extracts. 



A GRAND EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF THE WORLD. 



It is determined by the Society of Arts, of London, which originated the 

 exhibition of 1851, to have a grand one in 1862, without reference to the 

 state of the political world. A guarantee fund of £350,000 sterling, 

 to be raised immediately. The building to be at Kensington, near the 

 former location of 1851, on grounds bought with the surplus funds of that 

 exhibition. 



This Society of Arts is of greater magnitude than any other in the world. 

 The society consists not only of London members, but of about three 

 hundred and fifty societies in Britain, all co-operating. The Weekly 

 Journal shows their daily transactions ; they send us their numbers gratis. 

 We invoke the attention of all the clubs and societies of the United States 

 to that exhibition, for we have such confidence in the boundless ingenuity 

 of our free people, that we dare for precedence anywhere on earth. 



THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 



The last volume of their Transactions is presented to the American 

 Institute, and is received through the kindness of our minister, Mr. Dallas, 

 free of all charge. We find a new and valuable article in it, on the 

 turnip-cabbage : the Cauli-rapa^ or Koht-rabi, or Eapo-caulis, or Caulo- 

 rapicm, or Rape-cole ; of which, there are several varieties, which I will 

 give to the next meeting. 



The microscope has been successfully used latterly in detecting adultera- 

 tions of food and of medicine, which chemical analysis fails to find out. 

 We recommend to those, who love such investigation, to consult the 

 Micrographic Dictionary of Griffith and Henfrey, London, 1856. It is in 

 our library. The engravings and wood cuts are over 800. The minute 

 objects are magnified several hundred diameters. 



EGGS IN FRANCE. 



It is estimated in Paris, that France consumes, annually, nearly ten 

 thousand millions of eggs. This would give to every soul of her forty 

 millions, over 200 eggs a piece, old and young. 



AN INSECT KILLER. 



Joseph Fuller made a statement about killing grubs, worms and insects, 

 in trees. The preparation is called liquid brimstone. He says it will 

 prove a sovereign remedy against the worms in the roots of peach ti-ees, 

 and he thinks, too, that he can entirely prevent the yellows in peach trees. 

 The application seems to be quite inexpensive, and Mr. Fuller thinks it is 

 very efficacious for all kinds of tree insects. Part of the preparation is in 

 the form of powder, and part in the form of a paste. He also thinks it a 



