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as an article of diet, and ancient records testify that the quantity 

 consumed at one meal was incredible, and certainly would be unsafe 

 for more civilized stomachs. 



I have omitted to mention the acorn or quercus family, of which 

 there are five varieties, as I do not suppose they come within the 

 meaning of the term " nut bearing" trees. 



I cannot close this paper without a further strong recommendation 

 to all those who have not given this matter the attention it deserves,, 

 to begin at once to plant, and to plant early and plant often, and 

 especially to commence with the nut-bearing trees. The' collection of 

 their seed is easily made, much more so than that of the smaller seeds. 

 My friend Chief Johnson can supply any amount of either black 

 walnuts or butternuts, and they will be found the handiest and easiest 

 to plant. It would be well also to secure at some of the shops at 

 once, before they become too dry, some sweet chestnuts, and pack 

 them in moist sand, keeping them in a cool cellar until spring, when 

 they should be planted early, in a deep rich bed, about an inch and a 

 half deep. I will conclude this paper with a few lines written for the^ 

 occasion : — 



No man who owns a house or hearth, 

 A rood of land, a speck of earth. 

 Can say his duty he hath done. 

 If when tlie eve of life hath come, 

 He cannot point to some cool shade 

 By tree, himself hath planted, made 

 Its youth his youth in union sprung, 

 In middle age its praise he sung. 

 And ere his mortal coil shall dwell 

 In tenement of cofl&n shell. 

 Beneath its shade a spot he'll choose, 

 Where autumn skies ond autumn hues. 

 Shall blend in harmony on high ; 

 And from a noble canopy. 

 His only epitaph shall be 

 The waving sigh of that dear tree. 



Chief Johnson said that His Excellency had obtained nuts of the- 

 black walnut from him to send to Scotland and Hyde Park, England. 

 He has an offer of SI. per foot for the timber. 



Chief Johnson presented a two bushel bag of curious sweet corn. 



Mr. Woodward moved that the thanks of the meeting be tendered 

 to Chief Johnson for the same. 



