TRANSACTIONS OF WARSAW HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 24T 



Varieties of apples were on the table from L. Calkins, 'Squire Ruo- 

 GLES, Dr. Hay and others. Winesaps from Mr. Bolt, near Lima, were 

 noted for their size and high color. 



Mr. Gregg spoke of the injury to nursery stock caused by the extreme 

 dryness of the ground. • 



Dr. Lyons corroborated ; said the surface fibrous roots of grapes 

 were injured. 



Mr. Willis said raspberries and strawberries appear to be sound ; 

 dwarf pears and young trees injured ; currants, gooseberries and plums 

 were injured. He did not think frost alone had caused the injury; the 

 conditions of the atmosphere and the extreme dryness of the soil were the 

 causes. 



Mr. Hathaway — Frost took out the moisture from the roots. 



Dr. Taylor was called on for his views as to the theory to account 

 for the disasters to the wheat and the young trees. He said that Mr. 

 Willis had given his views; the ground, being very dry, absorbed moisture 

 from the roots, leaving them in this condition subjected to long continued 

 cold ; also the freezing, extending deep, may have deprived the roots of 

 the necessary sustenance, chemically considered, which is necessary to 

 sustain vitality. 



Dr. Lyons and Mr. Darnall thought that the amount of wheat 

 killed would equal an area of one hundred miles north and south, by 

 fifty to eighty east and west. 



The citizens of Hamilton did themselves credit in furnishing their 

 spacious hall with ample accommodations for the Society's meeting, as 

 also in the generous lunch furnished to the meeting. 



There were other subjects spoken of and discussed, interesting to 

 local fruit growers and farmers, among which was the statement that the 

 chinch-bug was considered nearly all killed ; also the codling-moth. Mr. 

 Willis said out of five hundred he had examined he had found but one 

 live one. 



On motion the meeting adjourned to meet at G. P. Walker's, the 

 second Tuesday in May. 



MAY MEETING. 



The meeting for May was held at the residence of Mr. G. P. Walker, 

 the nth inst., President Hammond in the chair. 



The following papers were laid on the table and distributed : Re- 

 ports of the Agricultural Department, Prairie Farmer, Caiman' s Rural 



