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number of almost novel varieties such as the spruce and 

 balsam. 



Experimental work is unlimited. Every man who is a 

 horticulturist should have some hobby, be it shade trees, 

 apples, strawberries or roses. Oar fellow member, Mr. 

 Toole, has made a specialty of pansies and has produced re- 

 sults that are very satisfactory and fine. All ought to be 

 doing something for the cause, and carry it on for a term of 

 3 ears. Carry it on until you reach some result. It may not 

 have dollars and cents in it but the dollars and cents will 

 come in afterwards. The love of it will carry you farther 

 than the dollars and cents. You can hardly go amiss if you 

 fail at it, something that comes out of it will do you good. 

 It is very hard to settle what will do the most good. Ex- 

 periment in another way, with special manures, special 

 fertilizers and special methods is very valuable indeed. In 

 theory every member of our society ought to come in to our 

 next winter meeting with some new facts, substantiated 

 by his personal experience for the past year. We do not do 

 this but we might do it. If you would go away to day with 

 the resolve that you would do it and would go persistently 

 to work at it and try for some new fruit, a special treatment 

 of some old fruit, and the application of special fertilizers 

 for strawberries, which is 1 believe under experiment, any- 

 thing of that kind is experiment in the right direotion. 

 That is experiment we could do together, and must result in 

 some good, if we all do it with any earnestness. 



Mr. Plumb — I should like to say a few words on this 

 question, but I should follow right in the track of those who 

 preceded me, and as we have only another hour left before 

 adjournment I will enquire if the paper ( Mrs Willard's ) 

 we are to have this afternoon is ready. 



Mrs. Willard not being present the report of the straw- 

 berry committee was listened to. This was followed by the 

 report of the committee on vegetables, after which came the 

 report of the flower committee. 



Mrs. Willard being present now read her paper. 



