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On Arrangements for exhibition — For Albany — J. McD. Mc- 
Intyre, chairman, James Wilson, William Thorburn, Charles B. 
Lansing, Dr. John Wilson. 
For Troy— S. E. Warren, D. T. Vail, Wm. Buswell, C. Hem- 
street, Charles Dauchy. 
Exhibitions for 1848-9. 
At Mbany, 2d Wednesday, 14th June— For fruits, cherries, 
strawberries, flowers, vegetables, &c.. 
At Troy, 2d Wednesday 12th July — For fruits, cherries, cur- 
rants, gooseberries, raspberries, flowers, vegetables, &c. 
At Albany, September — Annual Show. 
At Mbany, 2d Wednesday of February, 1849. Annual meet- 
ing — fruit, flowers, &c. 
The Secretary was directed to have the proceedings published 
in pamphlet form, with premium list and list of members the past 
year, and constitution and rules and regulations. 
B. P. JOHNSON, Secretary. 
ORIGIN OF VARIOUS PLANTS. 
FROM THE GERMAN. 
Wheat w^as brought from the central table-land of Thibet, where 
its representative yet exists as a grass, with small mealy seeds. 
Rye exists wild in Siberia. Oats, wild in North Africa. 
Barley exists wild in the mountains of Himalaya. 
Millet, one species is a native of India, another of Egypt and 
Abyssinia. Maize was brought from America. 
Canary Seed, from the Canary Islands. 
Rice, from South Africa, whence it was taken to India, and 
thence to Europe and America. 
Peas are of an unknown origin. 
Lentil grows wild on the shores of the Mediterranean. 
Vetches are natives of Germany. 
Chick -Pea was brought from the south of Europe. 
The Garden-Bean, from the East Indies. 
The Horse-Bean, from the Caspian sea. 
Buck Wheat came originally from Siberia and Tartary. 
Rape-Seed and Cabbage grow wild in Sicily and Naples. 
The Poppy was brought from the east. 
The Sunflower, from Peru. The Lupin, from the Levant. 
Flax or Linseed, is in southern Europe, a weed in the ordinary 
grain crops. Hemp is a native of Persia and the East Indies. 
The Garden Cress, out of Egypt and the east. 
