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Capt. Fuller thought no plant could be properly developed without 

 plenty of room. 



Mr. Beatty thought too much prominence was given to the question 

 of nicety and the difficulty attending the cultivation of plants. He 

 thought many people were deterred from planting, fearing that their 

 eflFort would result only in failure. Scientific gardening should be 

 encouraged ; still any person may have fair success without following the 

 strict rules laid down. He had obtained excellent asparagus from simply 

 setting his plants in openings made in the earth with a spade. 



The Wax beans, he thought, were planted more for looks than quality, 

 being in his opinion inferior to many other kinds. The Marrow bean he 

 recommended for general uses, combining as it does the good qualities of 

 the pole and bush beans. Mr. Beatty recommended the Early Paris 

 cauliflower and Purple Cape broccoli. He thought there must be some 

 mistake in the report on mustard. The leaves of the white or yellow 

 varieties were too coarse for greens. The black was the best for greens; 

 but spinach and lambsquarter were so much better that no one now 

 thought of sowing mustard for this purpose. 



Mr. Dieterich (J. W.) had noticed a change in the color of the Black 

 Wax beans raised by him, they having a mottled appearance. 



Dr. Bacon thought it was owing to the fact that Mr. Dieterich did 

 not save the first crop for seed. 



The President agreed with Mr. Beatty on the tendency of the dis- 

 cussion to magnify the difficulty of cultivating asparagus. He had grown 

 good plants without trenches. Prof. Standish stated that heretofore all 

 the recommendations were in favor of using salt plentifully on asparagus 

 beds. Col. Carr had deluged his plants with brine, and but half a dozen 

 survived the flood. Mr. Hale said that for years it had been his custom 

 to have the contents of his brine barrel poured upon his asparagus bed. 

 He noticed no bad effect. It was, however, an important question and 

 should be discussed. 



Capt. Fuller had used last year one hundred pounds of salt without 

 killing any plants. 



Mrs. Fuller thought that salt might safely be used on the beds before 

 the plants began growing, but its use thereafter she thought would be 

 dangerous to the plants. 



The question coming up on the adoption of the report as read by 

 Dr. Humphrey, Prof. Standish moved that a committee of three be 

 appointed to revise the report and present the revised list at the next 

 meeting. The motion prevailed. 



The President appointed as such committee Prof. Standish and Messrs. 

 Dieterich and Hale. 



Prof. Standish suggested that a meeting should be held for the fur- 

 ther discussion of the "Effect, if any, of forest growth or human agency 

 upon rainfall." 



Dr. Humphrey suggested as the subject for discussion at the next 

 meeting, "Small-fruits and bedding flower-plants," which, on motion of 

 Prof. Standish, was adopted. 



