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fruit in Solano and Santa Iiarl)ara countifs. The Irce is of ratlior 

 slow growth, and does not bear tViiit until it has attained consider- 

 able age. 



3Ir. Van iJeinan — Does the royal |)alin grow in California'.' 

 3Ir. Extec, of California — I have eight varieties ol'pahns on niv 

 place in Napa, and one of them is called the royal, bnt 1 do not 

 know that it is true to name. The last frost cut the lower leaves a 

 little, but it has not been seriously injured. I have found this palm 

 hardy enough in Xapa, where there are trees twenty-five years old 

 and forty feet high. 



Prof. Thomas, of Arkansas — There are two beautiful specimens 

 (»f ijalms on street, in this citv. ^Vhat varietv are thev? 



Prof. Lemmon — Those are the Washington palms, and are prob- 

 ably as fine specimens as any in Central California. 



Mr. Wilcox, of California — A nimiber of varieties of palms are 

 grown in this (Santa Clara) county, but no perfect fruit has vet 

 been obtained from the date. 



3Ir. liettncr — Palm vallev, the native home of the \\'ashin£rton 

 palm, referred to by Prof Lemmon, is near Indio, in the Colorado 

 desert. Many specimens there rise to the height of one hundred 

 feet or more, and are majestically grand. 



Mr. P^stee, of California, introduced a resolution on the subject 

 of the tariff on fruits, which was, on motion, referred to the follow- 

 ing special committee: Mr. Estee, of California; Mr. Buck, of 

 California; Mr. Masters, of Nebraska; Mjijor Evans, of Missouri ; 

 and Major Plolsinger, of Kansas. 



Mr. Barbour, from tlu' local committee on entertainment, gave 

 some infoi-mation concerning the })roposed banquet to be given the 

 Society in the evening; also, regarding the excursion to Monterey 

 and Santa Cruz. 



A letter of invitation to the Society to visit Santa Rosa and the 

 redwood forests on the Russian river was receiveil ami the invita- 

 tion acce])ted. The Society then adjourned. 



