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ing, the trees will be liable to heaving up, by the action of the frost. 

 To guard against this, the ground must be well drained by running 

 a furrow with the plow on each side of the hedge, throwing the 

 earth toward the plant. After the trees have thus grown two years, 

 they have then acquired a strong and vigorous root, and you may 

 begin your system of heading down and training. In the spring of 

 the third year the trees should be cut down to the surface of the 

 ground. Each root will send up a number of strong, thrifty shoots ; 

 and as soon as these have grown to the hight of one foot, cut them 

 off within two inches of the ground. The shoots thus cut off will 

 send up an additional number of sprouts from the place of cutting. 

 When these have grown ten or twelve inches, cut them off down 

 within two inches of the last cutting ; and thus, continue, pruning 

 several times during the season, always keeping in view the final 

 shape and appearance of your hedge — preserving a fine proportion 

 and regularity of form from the beginning. First secure a good 

 and sufficient base ; then let your fence rise gradually and beauti- 

 fully, and train it into whatever form your fancy may dictate. 



William Robb, ") 



R. Buchanan, > Committee^ 



F. G. Cary, j 



On motion, the report, was received and ordered to be printed. — ■ 

 On this motion several gentlemen remarked that while they set high 

 value on the clearness and conciseness of the report, their experi- 

 ence and observation were yet too limited to allow them to express 

 any decided opinion touching the views presented in the report. 



The President, Dr. Warder, and Mr. Mears remarked that they 

 desired to be understood as protesting against the views of the re- 

 port as to the spaces of planting, preferring at least twelve inches 

 space between the plants. 



Saturday, April 18. 

 Vice President Stoms in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary presented a package of pamphlets 

 on the Chinese Sugar-cane, from R. Peters, Esq., of Georgia ; a 

 package of Seeds from the Patent Office ; also, from the Honorable 

 J. Scott Harrison, a can of St. Catharine Plum-grafts, ( spoiled 

 on their passage. ) 



Mr. Buchanan, Chairman of the Special Committee, in relation 

 to the Chinese Sugar-cane, submitted the following report, which 

 was accepted and ordered to be printed : 



