260 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



THIRD DAY — MORNING SESSION. 

 Prayer by Rev. Mr. Stoughton. 



TIMBER CULTURE. 



D. W. Scott, of Galena, offered the following preambles and reso- 

 lution, which were adopted : 



Whereas, The quantity of pine and other timber trees in this country are rapidly 

 approaching an end, and 



Whereas, The wants of an increasing population, their health, wealth, and social 

 happiness, as well as the strength and permanency of our government demand that in- 

 stead of a diminutiou there should be an increase of our forests by artificial plantations, 

 and 



Whereas, Such is the character of the work, in the long delay of a remunerative 

 return to the planter, that, in the opinion of this Society, Government patronage is nec- 

 essary, therefore be it 



Resolved, That we adopt such measures as shall be most likely to secure such aid from 

 our State Government as will have a tendency to inaugurate a general system of forest 

 culture in the State. 



The Chair appointed the following persons as the Ad-Interim 

 Committee : E. H. Skinner, Elmer Baldwin, A. Bryant, Jr., S. 

 Edwards, H. H. McAfee. 



GRAPES. 



The Concord was adopted for general cultivation ; Hartford Pro- 

 lific, for early ; Clinton, for family use ; Delaware, for family use 

 and market, and Ives' Seedling for trial. 



Delaware. — Baldwin — Said if thorough and deep culture was 

 given, with plenty of hog manure, the Delaware would bear as- 

 many grapes as the Concord. 



Bryant — Said the fruit was good — when you get it — but the 

 plant is subject to mildew, and it is hard to raise. 



Sherman — Had found this grape growing and doing well at St. 

 Paul, Minn., perfectly hardy and productive. 



Rice — If plants are grown from layers they bear well. 



PROPAGATION OF GRAPES. 



Mr. Mostow, an old gardener who has had forty years' experience, 

 said that he has been very successful in propagating grapes from 

 cuttings. He takes them off in the fall before they have been frozen^ 



