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trees when one and half to two inches in diameter, never failing to accom- 

 plish their ruin. 



Mr. Hausen has Honey Locust posts, set in 1851, which are sound yet. 



Mr. Cotta planted Honey Locust seeds three years ago, and last 

 winter killed most of the plants ; the Lytta chierea had worked upon 

 them to some extent. He obtained his plants in Lyons, Iowa. 



Mr. Budd said there are two varieties of Honey Locust; the kind 

 indigenous to our latitude is hardy ; he has a hedge of this variety which 

 has been turned out, and is impregnable. 



Mr. McAfee described a true thorn as an altered branch, coming 

 out just above a leaf, but said the large thorns on the bodies and large 

 branches of Honey Locust trees were not of this class, but came from old 

 leaf scars. 



Mr. Budd could produce these thorns on smooth bodies by shorten- 

 ing in the branches. He knew an old hedge of Honey Locust, which had 

 been cultivated on one side but had never sprouted. 



Adjourned. 



THIRD DAY. 



MORNING SESSION. 



The Society convened at the usual hour. 

 Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Clark. 



DISCUSSION UPON GRAPES. 

 By vote the subject of the Culture and Uses of Grapes was taken up. 



Mr. Kinney recommended grapes for s\\'eet pickles, and when asked 

 if he considered them medicinal, replied that he took very little medicine 

 but a great many grapes, and is very well preserved. 



Mr. McWhorter presented the following plan for canning grapes : 

 Clip the berries from the stems, and handle without bruising them, put 

 in cans, set in a boiler of water, fill up the cans with cold water, and heat 

 until the fruit is pretty well heated through ; then having hot syrup ready, 

 rich enough to sweeten the fruit sufficiently, pour it in and seal the cans. 



Mr. Cewe contended that it was unsafe to cover grape vines with 

 hay or corn stalks, as recommended in Mr. Galusha's essay, as these 



