ILLINOIS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 229 



VEGETABLES. 



Mr. Pearson — If the weather stays wet potatoes must be dug 

 soon, or they will commence growing. As long as the soil is dry 

 at the bottom of hill, there is no danger. If we wish to get any 

 late cabbage this year we must fight the worms; they are unusu- 

 ally bad this year. 



Mr. Kiehl — People need never be bothered with these pests if 

 they would only use a little Paris Green. I wish to state dis- 

 tinctly that there is no danger whatever in using it. The cab- 

 bage always grows from the inside and the leaves with which the 

 poison comes in contact will all fall off. Besides there is a sort 

 of oil on the cabbage leaf and with the least rain or even a heavy 

 dew, the water will collect in drops and roll off taking the poison 

 with it. The work of destruction for the bugs is done in a few 

 hours. If put on in the morning one day is sufficient. I have 

 used it for years and we are all alive yet. Also when the slugs 

 get on my rose leaves, I use a little Paris Green and this puts an 

 end to the slugs. It is an efficient remedy for all such pests. 

 For little things like these I prefer to use it dry with plaster or 



lime. 



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JANUARY MEETING, 1890. 



The Alton- Southern Illinois Horticultural Society met at the 

 store of Mr. A. L. Floss on Saturday, Jan. 4th. 



ORCHARDS. 



Mr. Pearson opened the discussion on Orchards by stating that 

 the buds on almost all kinds of fruit trees were swelling, owing 

 to the extremely warm weather of the past month. All fruit 

 is in* a very critical condition. It is now so far forward that 

 should we get a snap of only reasonably cold weather all buds 

 would be destroyed. The only hope now for a crop next year is 

 that it will turn moderately cold and stay so for a month or two. 



Mr. Riehl reported pansies, sweet violets and Pyrus Japonica 

 in bloom. 



Mr. Pearson asked why it is that the apple growers of South- 

 ern Illinois receive so much better prices for their fruit than we 

 do for ours. They sold all their crop this year for an average of 



