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the terminal bud to grow, but would take any other two buds of 

 new wood. He had found no difference between the two ends of 

 the shoot ; both would grow equally well. 



Mr. Pardee said that when the old orchards were renewed some 

 twenty years ago, sometimes a farmer, too impatient to allow 

 two or three years, would sweep away the whole at once ; and it 

 was astonishing to see how many of those trees would live. 



Dr. Trimble. — If you graft a tree all over, you will still leave 

 twigs enough to nourish the tree. 



The President. — My idea is that when you cut off a limb of a 

 tree, a corresponding root invariably dies ; and if you cut off a 

 root, a corresponding limb will die. When you cut off a limb, 

 the sap is not carried away from the corresponding root, and it 

 dies. New spongioles will then be found, as new branches start 

 upon the tree. 



The Secretary, Judge Meigs, sent in the following communica- 

 tion : 



CALIFORNIA. 



The California 'Farmer of January 12, 1861, says, the country 

 is, already a garden and farm, and the land is (some of it,) worth 

 $100 and even $200 an acre ! 



That during last year salmon have been caught in California 

 and Oregon to the amount of 11,403 barrels. 



That it is considered best to import seeds even from Europe 

 instead of using those grown in California. For some reasons not 

 well understood seeds raised here are of inferior value. 



That fruit and ornamental trees are best grown here instead of 

 imported. 



NEW PLOW. 



Messrs. Settle & Cottle, of San Jose have made many. Three 

 of them form one gang, requiring no one to hold but are all toge- 

 ther, drawn by four horses driven by one man, and scattering the 

 seed and harrowing it in four acres per day and better done than 

 any other way. Cost of the machine $200. 



He recommends importation of seeds and says Charlwood, of 

 London, showed him, in his seed v/arehouse, London, among other 

 seeds, clear mignonette seed, for sale by tons weight, &c. 



I do not find whether California has succeeded in raising good 

 cotton. I wish the Club would look at this. 



