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ciation,  and  laid  on  the  table,  until  the  subject  of  the  next 
place  of  meeting  comes  up  for  consideration. 
On  motion  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Business  Committee,  it 
was  determined  to  proceed  with  the  reading  of  the  Answers  to 
the  Queries  of  last  year. 
Query  1st. — On  Cimicifuga.  Referred  to  E.  C.  Jones.  The 
answer  was  ready,  but  the  author  not  being  present,  it  was 
postponed. 
Query  2d. — Accepted  by  Albert  E.  Ebert,  on  Gillenia,  not 
being  ready,  was  continued  to  him,  and  in  lieu  of  it,  he  read,  at 
the  next  session,  a  paper  on  Oil  of  Amber. 
Query  3d. — Not  being  answered,  was  dropped. 
Query  4th. — On  Camphor  Water.  Postponed  until  later  in 
the  Session. 
Query  5th. — Relative  to  the  culture  of  the  Poppy,  was 
accepted  by  E.  R.  Smith,  of  Monmouth,  111.  Mr.  Ebert  read  a 
letter  from  Mr.  Smith,  pleading  ill  health,  and  unfavorable,  wet 
weather,  at  the  season  of  planting  the  poppy  in  Illinois,  as  rea- 
sons for  his  not  answering. 
On  motion,  Mr.  Smith  was  excused  from  answering  the 
Query. 
At  this  juncture,  Dr.  Squibb  presented  a  specimen  of  Opium, 
made  by  Powhatan  Robertson,  a  Virginia  planter,  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  Lynchburg,  in  1864.  It  was  stated  that  consider- 
able quantities  had  been  made  for  the  rebel  hospital  department. 
Mr.  Henchman  stated  that,  during  the  War  of  1812,  Opium 
was  produced  in  New  Hampshire,  and  sold  for  ten  and  twelve 
dollars  per  pound.  It  was  of  good  medicinal  quality,  but  the 
manufacturers  afterwards  adulterated  it,  and  its  use  was  dis- 
continued. 
The  specimen  was  referred  to  Prof.  J.  J.  Graham  for  examina- 
tion, to  report  at  the  next  annual  meeting. 
Query  6th. — Relative  to  the  production  of  Citric  Acid  from 
the  tomato,  referred  to  H.  N.  Rittenhouse,  was  not  replied  to, 
and  was  continued  for  1866. 
Query  7th. — On  Volatile  Oil  of  Peach  Kernels. 
Query  8th. — On  Commercial  Honey — and  its  adulterations. 
Query  12th. — On  the  Causes  of  Decomposition  in  Syrups,  &c. 
