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to-morrow. If well done its beneficent results will never die. If 

 poorly done, though its effects may never be effaced, it were better it 

 had never been begun. We might well suppose that the primal occu- 

 pation suggested to man would receive the endorsement of Him who 

 sendeth the rain. We might also balieve that He who planted the 

 first garden would smile benignly upon those who adopt ,the work of 

 which he was the originator. 



"• And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and out 

 of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant 

 to the sight and good for food. And the Lord God took the man and 

 put him into the garden to keep it and to dress it." 



The words of holy writ ! What higher endorsement could we ask? 



A vote of thanks was tendered these ladies for their very interest- 

 ing and valuable papers which they have presented. 



DISCUSSION. 



Prof' Oslorn said he thought they should have something to re- 

 member the Society by, and gifts from different men to the Normal 

 School were freely offered by 



Stark Bros., Louisiana ; 



jV. F. Mtirry, Oregon ; 



W. A. TFbr^w«/i, Greencastle, Ind.; 



Oeo- Van ITouten, Lenox, Iowa ; 



B. T. Galloway, Columbia; 

 A. Ambrose, Nevada; 

 Samuel Miller, Bluffton ; 



C. H. Fink d- Son, Lamar ; 



D. S. Holman, Springfield. 



Prof. Tracy gave an illustration of the self ringiog bell for green- 

 houses, so that different degrees of heat and cold can be known. 



ProfJ.W.SanhorngdLve a lecture on '^ Fertilization," and dis- 

 cussed it from the standpoint of profit and loss. 



The first efforts of our early settlers took all the best elements 

 from the soil, and now we have to replace some of these elements to 

 the soil. The crops have been running down until they are much be- 

 low what they should be. 



The time has come in our State when we must take up this sub- 

 ject and begin the use of fertilizers. 



If all this is true in the work of the farm how much more is it true 

 of the work of horticulture. It takes the brain of the horticulturist 

 to reach the best ends. 



There are fourteen elements in the soil— three are found in all 

 soils, and these are the most valuable. 



