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Mr, Sizer had used it aud was very successful with it; a table- 

 spoouful of the powder to a gallon of boiling water; when cool, he 

 sprinkled his currant bushes, and it certainly did kill the worms; 

 thought it was a good thing. 



Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Rice and Mr. Dole had used white hellebore 

 with good success not only on the currant worm, but also on the 

 cabbage worm and rose slug or worm. 



The essayist. Dr. A. S. Cutler, being called for, Mrs. Cutler 

 came forward, as the Doctor was not present, and read in a graceful 

 and effective manner the Doctor's able essay entitled, " The Farmer 

 and the Land." [The ruling of the Executive Board — that all pa- 

 pers not strictly horticultural be excluded — as well as the unusual 

 amount of material offered for publication, make it necessary to omit 

 this interesting and valuable paper. — Editor.] 



The President spoke on the subject-matter of the essay. He 

 thought it was a matter of very great importance to the American 

 people, and one they should ponder well before it was too late. 



B. G. Lee said he thought this Society was under great obliga- 

 tions to Dr. Cutler for his able essay. Mr. Lee, at the conclusion of 

 his remarks, which were quite extended, said he hoped our county 

 papers would publish the essay, aud he moved that the thanks of 

 this Society be extended to the Doctor for the writing, and to Mrs. 

 Cutler for the reading, of the paper, by a standing vote. Cari'ied 

 unanimously. 



Mr. Mortimer said the subject-matter of the paper just read was 

 of grave importance to the horticulturist as well as to the farmer. 

 Horticulture can not prosper where the land is owned in large quan- 

 tities by single individuals or syndicates. Give us a closely settled 

 country of small farms, and where man owns the land he tills; then 

 horticulture will flourish, and the desert bloom as the rose. Mr. 

 Mortimer spoke very earnestly and eloquently, and at considerable 

 length, and the Secretary regrets he can not give his remarks in full. 



0. W. Barnard said he was in favor of congress restricting the 

 ownership of land to American citizens, and to one hundred and sixty 

 acres. 



