310 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



Mr. Fuller — I have seen this year large yields of corn without 

 ears. Why ? It was planted too thick. There is just as much 

 science in growing corn as there is in growing trees or anything 

 else, and it is an important matter to have this question settled, 

 or rather discussed until we get more light. 



Mr. Carpenter thought that it was an advantage to take oflf 

 the suckers. 



John G. Bergen — I have seen the experiment tried, and it was 

 found that it would not pay to take off the suckers. 



The corn question is to be continued, and also potatoes. 



August 20, 1860. 

 Present, 49 members. Mr. Geo. H. Hite in the chair. 



A NEW COTTON. 



The Secretary called attention to a new cotton, of yery fine, 

 long fiber, lately discovered in Texas, that gives out 50 per cent, 

 of clean lint from the seed cotton. It grew upon land largelj 

 impregnated with nitre-saltpeter, and from that it is thought that 

 that will prove a valuable fertilizer for cotton upon all soils. 



TRANSPLANTING FOREST TREES. 



A question from Vermont is asked, whether it will do to plant 

 forest trees in Autumn ? 



Wm. S. Carpenter. — I have made a good many attempts to 

 plant both forest and fruit trees, and have always had bad suc- 

 cess. I would not plant trees that were taken up and "heeled 

 in " in the fall, because I have met with much worse success with 

 such trees than with those taken fresh from the ground in spring. 



Mr. Dodge, of New Jersey, said that he knew 60 pear trees 

 planted in autumn, and only five died, and 250 in spring, and only 

 three died. 



Dr. Trimble. — I would always plant trees in the spring, if pos- 

 sible. If I wanted a large tree I would have it dug around in 

 summer, so as to form a base of earth, and let that freeze solid, 

 and then move the tree while frozen. 



The Secretary said pines and cedars are best transplanted in 

 midsummer. 



Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Lawton both recommended putting 

 stones around a newly planted tree to serve as anchors and as a 



