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over hill-sides, where they form a pleasing mass of foliage without the support 

 of trees. Could we uot use Concords and Delawares in a similar way with use- 

 ful as well as ornamental results ? I would also suggest training grapes and 

 other vines along barbed wire fences ; thus making them ornamental, and 

 rendering them less dangerous, because more easily seen. 



Stone and brick buildings almost always become beautiful when clothed with 

 creepers, no matter how badly they may have looked when bare. Such a cov- 

 ering, however, is hardly suitable for wooden buildings, as they need painting 

 every few years. Summer-houses covered with vines are sometimes attractive, 

 but not generally so. 



Vines whose leaves turn yellow in autumn, as is the case with most grapes 

 and bitter-sweet, form striking features in a landscape, when contrasted with 

 the purple leaves of the white, or with the red leaves of the scarlet oak. 



The Virginia creeper, with its brilliant autumn leaves, is always attractive, 

 but espeeially so when seen among the yellow leaves of the soft maple, or those 

 of the larch ; and also when seen against the dark gieen foliage of pines and 

 spruces. 



- Mr. Crandall, of the Agricultural College, spoke on "Grapes in Out-of-the- 

 way Places," referring to various places on the farm where grape vines could 

 be used to advantage to add to the appearance and surroundings of the home, 

 such as the rear wall of a house, the end of a barn, and places of like charac- 

 ter. 



On " The Ornamental Uses of the Vine," Mr. Gibson said he thought it 

 hardly worth while saying much so long as but few farms in the State grew 

 sufficient grapes for the use of their owners. He wanted to see this remedied 

 before the ornamental side of the question had much attention paid to it. 



Evening Session. 



The evening session of the society was opened by a note from President 

 Lyon on 



PROPAGATION OF THE CHERRIES. 



Among the cherries usually submitted to cultivation, there are, as usually 

 designated, three distinct classes — Morellos, Dukes and Mazzards. 



In the nursery the usual mode of propagation is by budding, which, in the 

 case of the cherry which inclines to complete its growth early in the season, is 

 usually in June or July, as soon as the young buds are sufficiently mature. 

 Occasionally, however, resort is had to grafting, which must be done very early 

 in spring, before the slightest movement of the sap, when it may be done with 

 a good degree of success. Grafting upon roots, taken up for the purpose, is 

 occasionally attempted, but never, so far as we know, with any considerable 

 success. 



It seems to be the common practice in most nurseries, especially at the east, 

 to work the several classes of cherries indiscriminately on Mazzard seedlings, 

 genera] 1} at two years old; but at the west, where this stock lacks hardiness, 

 resort is had to Morello seedlings, on which the Morello varieties are worked; 

 the planting of cherries in the prairie states being almost wholly confined to 

 this class of cherries. 



