IQQ ' TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



Mr. \Vikr — 1 did not want lo say a word ii|(()ii this sul)iect, I do 

 not know tlial tliere is any subject so little understood as this ; it is a very 

 mixed question. W^e know birds do not eat moths, I l)elieve they will 

 eat the larvae — and about their flying in the daytime, 1 do not believe it. 



Under the circumstances detailed they may have moved about a 

 little, and if so, they were probably female moths trying to find a jjlace 

 to deposit their eggs. 



In discussing this subject, I want to leave all poetry out and come 

 down to prosy facts. The writer did not seem over zealous in his 

 defense of those birds which depredate upon our fruits. 



Reports from Messrs. Bryant and Carpenter, members of Standing 

 Committee on Ornamental and Landscape Gardening were handed in — 

 neither of the gentlemen being present — and were referred to the Secre- 

 tary Avithout being read. — [See index for these papers.] 



DISCUSSION ON RASPBERRIES. 

 Mr. Galusha — I move we spend fifteen minutes in discussion of 

 the Raspberry — Carried. 



Dr. Hooton — There are few if any varieties of Raspberries that 

 I ha\e not tried — I have run through the Raspberry fever in all its 

 stages ; I have tried the earliest and the latest ; the black and red. and 

 every other color. I tried the Miami or McCormick, and had two or 

 three crops, but they finally became sickly, and all the care I could 

 give them did not keep there in good health. I tried the Clark and 

 Brinkle's Orange, and a number of other varieties, including the Golden 

 Cap — none of them succeeded well. I tried Kirkland; which succeeded 

 a little better. 



The President — Have you tried the Black Cap .' 



Dr. Hooton — I have. Even the Philadelphia did not succeed 

 very well with me. If I got the berries, I could not always get them to 

 market in go<:)d condition. 



Mr. Flagg — I will say that one gentleman in Alton seems to have 

 succeeded Aery Avell in shipping in pint boxes. It paid him very Avell. 



Mr. Webster — 1 have found that for six years the Philadelphia 

 Raspberry is the best red raspberry that I have tried, and has succeeded 

 well every year but one. I have shipped to Chicago, and have realized 

 a good price for them, and they have always arrived in good condition, 

 but usually I find a market at home, for all I have. 



