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account for the annual layers of timber being much thicker on 

 one side of the tree than the other. The newely formed roots of 

 a tree are prolongations of the newest wood, and they become the 

 principal absorbents from the soil, the matters absorbed by them 

 passes through the wood with which they are most nearly con- 

 nected, but never through the old heart wood, which is not capa- 

 ble of transmitting fluids. 



To satisfy yourselves of this fact, thrust a stem of newly cut 

 wood into any old or dark colored solution, and the new wood 

 will become dyed while the heart will remain white. 



Mr. Pell in answer to the question, said that he has raised 70 

 bushels of wheat per acre, and thought it possible to produce 100 

 bushels by proper feeding of the plants. The proper time to cut 

 wheat or rye is when it has turned broM^n four inches above the 

 ground. The grain is then in the dough state, and is superior in 

 quality to grain fully ripened. I leave the cut grain three or 

 four days in the swath, to perfectly dry, and thrash immediately. 



Subjects adopted for the next meeting, — "Culture of cotton in 

 this latitude," and " raising of poultry." 



Adjourned. 



JOHN BRUCE, Secretary pro tern. 



January 14, 1861. 



Present — 58 members. Dr. Trimble, of New Jersey, in the 

 chair. 



The following translations by Judge Meigs, the Secretary, 

 were read : 



[Journal de la Soeiete Imperiale et Centrale d'Horticulture. Paris, Not., I860.] 



The following scientific works have just appeared, viz : 



Nuovi Principi di fisiologia applicati al Agricoltura. 8vo., 240 

 pages. Milan, 1860. 



Economia Rural© e il Reportorio d'Agricoltura, from the Jour- 

 nal of the Agricultural Association of the Sardinian States, and 

 the Royal Agricultural Academy of Turin. Nov. 10, 1860. 



Amico del Contadino (Peasant's Friend), in the Theoretical 

 and Practical Agricultural Journal of Dr. Gaetano Cantoni, 8vo. 

 No. 19. October 10, 1860. Milan. 



I Giardini. A Horticultural Journal by an Anthiphile (Lover 

 of Flowers). 8vo. 7th year of publication. October, 1860, 

 Milan. 



