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of them are exclusively devoted to horticultural topics, 

 while others include among the miscellaneous subjects they 

 treat upon, many interesting and valuable articles and 

 hints on horticulture. From these papers one can glean a 

 very good knowledge of plants and their culture, and spe- 

 cial information desired by subscribers can readily be ob- 

 tained by writing to the always willing editors. I will close 

 by briefly expressing the hope that the thousands of our 

 plant loving population who already devote much attention 

 to the house culture of plants, may ere long be increased to 

 tens of thousands. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mrs. Campbell — I should like to ask if charcoal is consid- 

 ered good for plants? 



Mr. Currie — It is excellent drainage for plants. 



Mrs. Campbell — Would recommend it instead of what 

 you did recommend? I have used it for several years, and 

 I think for drainage it is better than anything else. 



Mr. Currie — It is decidedly better. 



Pres. Smith — If there is nothing further upon this, we 

 will call upon our friend Stickney. Mr. Stickney always 

 talks sensibly. Old age does not seem to wear him out. 



J. S. Stickney — I certainly thank the president for that 

 introduction. I never should have thought of it in that 

 way. 



I do not like to make apologies, and will make none, I 

 failed to hear Prof. Cook yesterday forenoon, being una- 

 voidably absent. He gave you something very much better 

 than I can give you, of course. 



INSECT PESTS. 



The request for this paper brought with it these condi- 

 tions: A fifteen minutes' talk in good, plain " United States," 

 not a word of Latin, the director evidently forgetting how 

 hard it would be for me to omit the Latin, only thinking 



