Proceedings of Societies. 207 
The Society have established Committees of Agriculture, Horticulture, Publication, 
and Translation. 
Wednesday , 10 th June. 
Honorable Sir E. Ryan in the Chair. 
The following gentlemen were elected members : His Highness the Nawaub 
Saulat Jang Bahadur, Mr. F. Mendes, Lieutenant Colonel Conway, C. B., Madras 
Army, Captain Watkins, ditto. Captain Sage, Captain C. M. Wade, Captain 
White, Lieutenant J. F. Boilcau, Mr. Pearson, Mr. R. O’Dowda, Mr. W. Smith- 
son, Mr. J. Carey, Mr. Walters of Dacca, Babu Harrachander Lahdri. 
A letter was read from Mr Prinsep, Secretary to Government, intimating that the 
Pusa garden had been transferred to the Pfisa Stud Establishment. 
The Secretary submitted a communication from Captain Davidson, of Engineers, 
which accompanied a quantity of seed of the plantain tree, preserved by him at Ba- 
reilly ; and informed the meeting that he had handed these to the Society’s gardener, 
for the purpose of being sown and propagated so as to ascertain their qualities. 
A letter was read from Mr. Cracroft, of Dacca, communicating his success in 
cultivating a very fine species of fig-tree, brought by him from the Cape of Good 
Hope in 1827, and offering to supply the Society's garden with grafts. In his com- 
munication, Mr. Cracroft detailed a method of destroying the insect which proves 
so destructive to the fig-tree. 
A letter was read from Mr. D. C. Smith, of Hfigli, kindly offering to procure, 
for the Society's garden, grafts from the best mango trees in the district. 
The Secretary submitted letters to his address from His Highness the Nawdb 
Saulat Jang Bahadur, which accompanied figs raised by him in his garden at 
Chitpore, of a large size, and of the finest flavour, being t'.l and 5 A sicca weight, 
and 7| and 6J inches in circumference. The Secretary expressed his regret, that 
such fine specimens could not have been kept to lay before the meeting ; he had, 
however, practically satisfied himself of their great superiority over any figs he had 
ever seen in Calcutta. 
The Secretary stated to the meeting, that he had lately received from Mr. Pidding- 
ton two quart bottles of Virginian tobacco seed, and one of Persian Tobacco, for dis- 
tribution among the members of the Society. 
Mr. Calder submitted a letter to his address from Capt. Stacy, 32d N. I. recom- 
mending to the Society to obtain their supplies of up-country seeds, rather from 
the higher stations of Secrdra, Miret, &c., than from Cdupur or Patna, and 
sending him for presentation to the Society , a quantity of seeds from Simla, consist- 
ing of a hill cedar cone, acorns, raspberry, jumper, sycamore, &e. &c. 
Mr. Calder also submitted a pnper on the Manufacture of Indigo, by Mr. Pidding- 
ton, and a paper on the Cultivation of the Sugar Cane, and the Manufacture of Su- 
gar, by M. Chcron of CorabSri, in which the improved method of the West Indies 
is blended with the practice of this country. 
Apaper hy Mr. Halhed, on the Cultivation of the Sugar Cane, was also presented. 
The Secretary submitted a paper by himself, on the Propagation of the Mango 
and Peach, and other stoned Fruits in this Country, grounded on the experiments of 
Mr. Knight, President of the London Horticultural Society, during a period of 40 
years, which demonstrated that every fruit tree should be grafted on stocks, not only 
of its own genus and species, but such only as were raised from seeds of the most 
cultivated kinds. 
The Secretary also submitted the late Dr. Ingledew’s account of the method used 
by the native m£lis of Mysore, for rearing such of the turnip, carrot, or radish 
plants, as were intended to produce seed for the following season, so as to prevent 
the deterioration of the vegetable, which occurs in all hot countries. 
Mr. Calder presented a Report by the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, 
on the state of agriculture there. 
Mr. Bruce presented a copy of the Charter of the London Horticultural Society — 
a copy of the Bye-Laws for the garden, and a list of the Society’s members. 
The Secretary presented a copy of a circular sent by the President of the United 
States of America to their foreign Consul, in September 1827, directing them to as- 
sist in procuring, so as to introduce into the States of the Union, all foreign trees 
and plants which promised, under proper culture, to flourish and be useful, together 
with such notices of their cultivation and natural history, as may be obtainable in 
