New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-02
CITY Items.

~ The AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
held regular meeting LAST evening in the room OF tee
Historical Sociey-Hon Luther Bredsh in the Chair.
Some specimens OF Whale Oil Soap and Seed Protec-
tors which had been sent in By Dr.. Fcuchtwanger,
were offered by Mr. Seeley and referred 10 committee
- Mr. pelaiield presented basket of very fine large
Mushrooms grown in his hot house Staten lsand this
Spring Mr. Pell presented some Meadow Seeds sent
In by Joshua Jones through Mr. Taylor which dis
tributed among the members Mr.. Pel sent up TO the
President handful OF choice cuttings of the Newtown
Pippiu and also fine large stalks OF Rhubarb or
Pie Plant grown the present Mr.. Pel explain
ed tina, by selecting in the fall and placing them in
the loan under the shelves of the Green. House you
Can have fresh supply of this plant from the latter part
OF February June-whereas is now to be had only
during the month. Col Clark presented for dis
,ribuon some seeds Of the Valparaiso squssh-a very
rich and uxuriant variety Gardner presented in
behalf of the publishers copy Of his Dictionary OF
Technical Terms derived from Science and made use of
In Agriculture.
The President then Chancellor McCoun having been
called to the Chair read the report OF the Committee to
whom was referred the offer Of Gardner Rowland. Esq
of farm on Long Island for the OF the Society The
Report takes the ground that the Society Is not sufficient
ly advanced az present its and resources to
safely assume the responsibility OF managing Farm.
and that it will be advisable in the present stage OF its
career 10 conne its abors the investigation OF new
truths and the elaboration OF important princpes-leav
ing their practical application TO individual enterprise
The Report expressed the hope that hereafter when the
Society found Itself completely established IN oil
it's departments enriched in and protected by
legislative Incorporation 1t will be enabled to add to lis
other endowments Pattern Farm. The Report Win
its accompanying Resolutions was adopted
Dr. Stevens made some observations respecting the
use of Whale Oil Soap and stated that gres' injury had
resulted application to trees by the 100 great &C.
celerstion of their growth AS 10 the worrns no qu'o
was efficient sgaiut them for they deposit their aiS
under the inequalities OF the bark solid coating, was
in his opinion the only efficient protection DR.. IN
derhl had found security in scrsping his trees IN tae
Winter with dull hoe and then paint them with so'
SOAP and aerward he had found solution OF potasn-
pound 10 six or eight quarts of waier-answer every
purpose.
Gov Edwards of Connecticut then was called up and
gave very interesting OF his raising an extern
sve variety of carly and late Peartrees from the seed
He recommended tina, fruit trees should be raised IN THIS
way and stated probability that the race OF Tree De-
came in certain number Of years, enieeoed ana naay
extinct and therefore necessary 10 renew the trees
from the seed He hsd also planted the seeds OF the TWO
native species of Grspe-Fox and rrost-loni u'e He
had raised great variety Of fine Grapes Altogether tue
subjec, cultivsring the native Fruits OF this country
mad been too much neglected and he earnestly RECON-
aended it being among the subjects most worthy OF al
ent;on DR. Underbil agreed with Gov Edwards on the
necessity Of cuvang American Fruit-e'peciay IN re-
gard to Grapes Foreign Grapes except under glass
can no. De cultivated in climate The Winter freezes
them snd the Summer scorches them 10 death al the
hundreds of thousands dollars expended in the exper-
menss with foreign Grapes bad been literally thrown
sway and yet there were nursery-m who knew Der
ter every Spring advertising and selling foreign Grape
vines which they promised would flourish in our SOIL
They ought be and should be exposed In regard to
American Grapes, they had already been much Inn
proved, and would doubtless improve for hundred
years to come He had himself produced Isabella and
Catawbs Grapes which had been pronounced good BY
Frenchrnen spsu;ards and Italians and they nov
beginning lay ont vineyards for these varieties in