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was iiu j)ii.s.-il>ilily of getting a washing apparatus over the fielil, but imw I 

 have wagons made with the tires six ami eight inches wide. so as to be inde- 

 pendent of the soft state of the ground ; and this winter I am going to prac- 

 tice, in the months of December and February, washing with the kerosene 

 emulsion, to see whether it will not l)e more etfective than it has been ap- 

 plied later— in April and August. The insects commence hatching in June, 

 and if they would all hatch out in .June or in July it would be an easy matter ; 

 but I have known them to hatch as late as the month of February, and while 

 simjile washings will kill the little ones after they are just hatched, it will 

 not atloct those that are half gr(jwn. If you defer the washing until after 

 they are all hatched, the first hatching is more 'han half grown, and has al- 

 ready formed its shell and allixed itself. That is the great difhculty with 

 the black scale ; it has but one brood a year, but that brood takes four or five 

 or six months to appear upon the scene. 



FINA L ItF.SOr.nTIO.NS. 



Whereas, The members of the American Jlortirultiiral r^ociety have been 

 cordially received by the citizens and Board of Trade of Riverside, ami many 

 courtesies extended them in a reception at their citrus fair, a grand drive through 

 their unexcelled orchards, and a most pleasant house for our meetings, therefore 

 we most heartily tender them our sincere thanks. We also desire to, and ilo. 

 tliank the press for so freely advertising our meetings here, and publishing reports 

 of our proceedings. T. \'. MrxsoN. 



S. Johnson. 



U. I. Brmi. 



The report wa.s heartily concurred in hy the ."Society. 



A motion to adjourn sine die wa.s adopted. 



Before announcing the vote, President Earle said : 



I hope we .shall meet again, that you will come and meet with 

 u.s at our variou.s meeting.s at the Ea.st, and that perchance we may 

 even some time come acros.s thi.s long continent — thi.s broad conti- 

 nent — once more to meet with you. Thi.s Society has lione much 

 .since its organization — very much — to promote tiie interests of 

 horticulture in this land. We have done it in many ways — in 

 our meetings, in our published reports, and in the exlnbitions we 

 have created. Our first meeting was connected with the largest ex- 

 hibition of horticultural j)roducts that at that time had ever been 

 held upon this continent, and this Society organized and carried for- 

 ward to comi)letion the greatest of all horticidtural exhibitions that 

 has ever been held in the world, at the World's Fair at New Or- 

 leans. It was entirelv oriranizcd and maintained bv this American 



