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served. The same is in a measure true of peas and beans. As 

 to the curative properties of carrots, a poultice of it is stimula- 

 ting, and therefore good for old, indolent tumors. 



Professor James J. Mapes — My views, often expressed as to the 

 value of the carrot, beyond public opinion, past or now, are con- 

 firmed by the opinions of those who are expert in the stomachs 

 and the conveyance of food fit or unfit for our race. Carrots 

 aid oats greatly in feed to stock. They fiirnisli gelatinous matter. 

 They help digestion, and such is the opinion of cUstinguished ob- 

 servers, and of physicians in Europe as well as here. No sick 

 animal if it eats carrots. 



Dr. Gardner — Great nutrition (though windy) exists in peas 

 and beans, and pectic acid in carrots and them. 



Pruning and transplanting were adopted for the next meeting 

 of the club. 



The club then adjourned. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



• April 24:th, 1855. 



Present — Messrs. R. S. Livingston, Prof. Mapes, Dr. Green, of 

 the Japan Expedition, Munn, Hon. Ogden Edwards, Judge Sco- 

 ville, Messrs. Toucey, Vail, Paul Stillman, of the Novelty Works, 

 Thomas B. Stillman, do, Pepper, Dr. Peck, of Brooklyn, Downer, 

 Jacob Freeman of Jersey, Allis of the Genesee Farm, Wells, 

 Charles Oakley, Judge Van Wyck, Dr. Wellington, Mr. Wat- 

 kins, and others, upwards of eighty members in all. 



Hon. Robert Swift Livingston in the chair. 



Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



Mr. Jones exhibited a corn planter which plants in rows four 

 feet apart. 



The Secretary read the following translations and selections 

 made by him, viz : 



Journal De La Societe Imperiale et Centrale D'Horticulture. Napoleon III. Protecteur. 



Paris, April, 1855. 



CAPERS. 



By Hardy and So?i, Algeria, 

 The caper belongs to the family of capparides. It is well 

 known that the caper is a flower bud. Those most esteemed are 

 the smallest and firmest. They are grown near Marseilles and 

 Toulon. As to the species of capers, there are 80 or 85 admitted 

 to exist. This variety seems to be from cultivation, for the bota- 



