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Lake Borgne on Monday next. The train will leave the Shell 

 Beach depot at 9 : 30 A. m. 



Ml'. Earle, of Illinois — In this excursion we will pass some of the 

 most interesting sugar plantations in the State. The sugar indus- 

 try just now is very much depressed owing to low prices, and veg- 

 etable gardening for Northern markets is being looked to, as these 

 lands are admirably adapted to the production of early vegetables. 



CHANGE OF THE NAME OF THE SOCIETY DISCUSSION ON. 



Mr. Munson, of Texas — We need more members to enable our 

 Society to carry forward the work in which it is engaged. I am 

 satisfied that its affairs have been conducted economically, yet we 

 have not been able, from the receipts from the fees of members, in 

 the past, to publish and distribute our valuable reports without 

 running annually behind. The work our Society is engaged in is 

 too valuable to be thus crippled. Can we not adopt a system of 

 life membership which will help us out in this matter? I am 

 willing to lead with a fee of $25 for life membership. 



Dr. Hape, of Georgia — The name of our Society is too limited. 

 We in reality represent the whole country ; why not change our 

 name to correspond with our work? I move the appointment of 

 a committee of seven to consider this matter and report. 



Mr. Campbell, of Ohio — I move to amend by referring the mat- 

 ter by direct vote to the Society and change the name to the 

 American Horticultural Society. 



Mr. Cayicood, of New York — How will this aifect the American 

 Pomological Society? 



Dr. Hape — I am a member of that society and proud of it. I 

 do not see that the society occupies the same field. The American 

 Pomological Society is less comprehensible than ours. I see noth- 

 ing in the proposed change to mar the advancement of either. 



Mr. Caywood — I think the gentleman is mistaken ; there is a 

 conflict. One must take the place of the other. 



3Ir. Augur, of Connecticut — I think neither need conflict with 

 the other. I indorse the proposed change. 



Mr. Lyon, of Michigan — I am a member of the American Pomo- 



