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George E. Waring gave several apples of fine quality for ex- 

 amination, among them " Peck's Pleasant," fair and sound, had 

 a fine flavor. 



The Club adjourned. 



H. MEIGS, Sec'y. 



February 19, 1856. 



Present — Messrs. Robert L. Pell, President of the Institute 

 Dr. Wellington, Dr. Waterbury, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Peck, of Brook- 

 lyn; Mr. Thomas W. Field, of Brooklyn; Mr. Olcott, Mr. Geo. 

 E. Waring, jr.. Judge Samuel Van Wyck, Wm. B. Leonard, John 

 W. Chambers, George B. Eapelye, Mr. Birdseye, of North Caro- 

 lina; Mr. Chilson; of Jersey; Mr. Clapp, Mr. Green, Mr. Judd, 

 of the Agriculturist; Solon Robinson, Mr. Brown and others — in 

 all forty-six members. 



President Pell in the Chair, Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



According to the standing rule of the Club, as to communica- 

 tions for the first liour of the session, the Secretary read the fol- 

 lowing extracts from Europe, received since the last session of 

 the Club — saying : We take very great pleasure in following the 

 idea of the benevolent and wise Smithson, in gathering the best 

 information on the best subjects, and diffusing them — or as our 

 Washington Irving said in his Analectic Magazine, about forty 

 years ago, in reference to the flowers of literature — " Sparsas 

 colligere flores;" to collect the scattered flowers. 



We quote the London Society of Arts, Nov. 30, 1855: That 

 Society has more than three hundred affiliated societies, so that 

 we happily receive every week, the results of the large amount 

 of talent and research contained in that large body of Englishmen 

 with whom we delight in a free mental trade at all events. 



UNDERGROUND MANURING. 



[London Society of Arts, November, 1855.] 



Mr.Wilkins states the results of his experiments at Caversham, 

 as follows : the examination took place about a week since, in the 

 presence of Mr. Elliott, one of the commissioners of sewers of the 

 city of London, several members of the Oxford corporation, seve- 

 ral gentlemen of the town, and Johnson, head gardener at Strat- 

 fieldsaye, the seat of the Duke of Wellington. 



A mangold wm-tzel grown on the new system, was found to be 

 26^ inches in circumference, while one on the old plan measured 



