298 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



get it, to keep it, to hoard it, and unless his whole nature and being 

 were changed, golden streets would have no charms for him. 



Not so they who develop the wider range of God-given faculties, 

 -and nowhere may this be done more fully than in horticulture. 



"He that plants, plants youth, 

 Vigor won for centuries, forsooth, 



Life of time that hints eternity. 

 Boughs their strength uprear, 

 New shoots every year 

 On old growths appear. 



Thou Shalt teacli the ages, sturdy tree, 



^outh of soul is immortality." 



The United States Supreme Court has made the following decision 

 in a case brought before it involving the question whether the tomato 

 is fruit or vegetable : 



" Botanically speaking, tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are 

 cucumbers, squashes, beans and peas. Bat in the common language 

 of the people, whether sellers or consumers of provisions, all these 

 are vegetables which are grown in kitchen gardens, and which, whether 

 eaten cooked or raw, are, like potatoes, carrots, parsnips, turnips 

 beets, cauliflower, cabbage, celery and lettuce, usually served at din- 

 ner, in, with or after the soup, fish or meats which constitute the prin- 

 cipal part of the repast, and not like fruits generally, as desert." 



A Cheap Insecticide. — Dr. Fisher, of Fitchburg, who is one of 

 our most experienced horticulturists, says that one ounce of sulphate 

 of copper dissolved in 100 gallons of water is simpler, better and 

 cheaper than Bordeaux mixture for destroying fungi on apples and 

 pears ; and it may be made weaker for plums and peaches, or stronger 

 for grapes and potatoes. For insects, Dr. Fisher adds an even tea- 

 spoonful of Paris green to each gallon of the mixture. For leaf-suck- 

 ing insects, aphis, slugs, etc., he uses the kerosene emulsion. — Ameri- 

 can Cultivator. 



Read This Before You Cast Your Vote. 



I am a candidate, and expect to be elected, no matter how you 

 cast your vote, to sell you the cheapest plants. I will sell you iJOO 

 strawberry plants, your choice of 75 varieties ; 200 raspberry, your 

 choice of 25 varieties ; 200 blackberry, your choice of 28 varieties ; 

 50 grape-vines, 50 plum-trees and 50 apple-trees, for the money you 



