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tribute these four hundred unknown and doubtful kinds all over the 

 State that our members may destroy or injure many of their valuable 

 trees by cutting off the tops to make room for these, only to find, to their 

 sorrow, that they have received an evil for the previous good, besides 

 losing much valuable time. 



He said he would first prefer to put them into the care of the Univer- 

 sity, but would be willing to entrust them to some nurseiyman who 

 could aflbrd to test them. 



Mr. Galusha — I thank the gentleman for what he has said in ref- 

 erence to the province of the experimental orchard of the Industrial 

 University, and fully agree with him that this institution is doing a good 

 work in testing so great a variet}"^ of trees and fruits. Yet I do not wish 

 any one person, society, or institution to monopolize any valuable gift or 

 any bounty of Providence. I will explain that the Industrial University 

 was served first from this lot of cions. There are already, doubtless, a 

 much larger quantity and more varieties sent to that institution than we 

 shall receive. 



Mr. D. seems to suppose that a large box, containing four hundred 

 varieties of strong cions will be the portion which this Society will 

 receive. The fact is that the commissioner received in all eight hun- 

 dred small ti'ees of four hundred varieties — tv\^o trees of each sort — 

 and from these small trees has cut the cions to distribute to horticultural 

 and kindred societies all over the northern and western States. So that 

 it is not probable that more than thirty or at most forty of these are sent 

 us, and of these, but one or two cions each. If these are multiplied 

 during the next year, as contemplated in the resolution, we may have 

 enough so that each member may get one very short cion each, of quite 

 a number of the sorts. We all have some one or more trees that yield 

 indifferent fruit into which we can graft these cions, but even if they are 

 inserted into a few small limbs of valuable trees the damage will not 

 exceed a thousand dollars to any one of us. 



Dr. Hull — We can dispose of this matter easily. President Flagg 

 has already a large collection of apples which he is testing. Let these 

 cions be enh-usted to him to graft and distribute among the members of 

 this Society. 



Mr. Ellsworth moved the previous question. The motion was sus- 

 tained and the resolution adopted. 



Dr. Hull, L. Ellsworth, and A. M. Brown were nominated and con- 

 firmed as the committee provided for by the resolution. This committee, 

 upon a moment's consultation, reported through Dr. Hull that they had 

 selected President W. C. Flagg, of Moro, as the person to receive and 

 propagate the cions, according to the resolution. 



The report of the committee was unanimously approved. 



The Society, upon motion, adjourned. 



