194 HISTORY OF IIOKTJCULTURP: IX MINNESOTA. 



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Mr. Darl moved that a (•omiiiittoc on liy-laws be appoiiilrd. which was 

 ajjrreed to, and Messrs. Elliot and Dart Avcn.- ai)pointc(l said committee. 



Jiidjje Baker wished to hear sometliing from Mr. Tiittle about transplanting 

 trees. 



Mr. Tuttle, in response, said lie had usually transplanted in the Spring. lie 

 had transplanted evergreens from tlie middle of April to the middle of May, 

 and sometimes up to .June. lie had had no difticiilty, and did not think one 

 tree in a thousand need be lost. The roots ought not to be dried at all. With 

 careful handling there was no difficulty. Evergreens dug up and sold over 

 the State were very likely to perish. If trees were pulled up and carried oft", 

 and the resinous sap congealed, they would be likely to die. 



Mr. Brand gave his experience, and stated that he had been very success- 

 ful, w ith the requisite care. 



Mr. Ford thought, on the whole, that in the latter part of May, just as they 

 were beginning to grow, was the best time, and he deprecated, along with 

 Mr. Tuttle, the exposure of the roots. In Summer planting, the arbor vita)' 

 had done well in July ; some in August ; that in July showed the best results. 

 The Scotch Pine, Austrian Pine and Red Cedar had not been so successful, 

 but w ith Balsam Eir he had done better. 



The Chairman did not believe that drying hurt, the tree so nmch as light. 

 He had nursed trees dried by delay in reaching him, but by care and watering 

 with warm water, they recovered. 



Mr. Brimhall thought the best time to set evergreens was in the Spring, 

 when they were just ready to bud. 



Mr. Elliot offered the following resolution : 



RfHolrtd. That we recommend to pewons, for general i)lanliug of evergreens, to procure 

 none but small tree;?, those that have been transplanted once or twice. And that we recom- 

 mend the time for transplantinir from the Loth of April until the •2.5th of May. 



Mr. K(jrd moved that the words --for general cultivation'" be stricken out. 

 The resolution, as amended, was then adopted. 

 On ujoiion. the meeting then adjourned nine dir. 



'I'lu' f<^)mmitlc(' cliargfd witli ilic t;isk of tlji^ conipihition. would on con- 

 <'udiwg their laI)ors, call attention to the fact elicited by the discussions of the 

 Society, from 3'ear to 3'ear. since its orga'iization, that in <i (/rcat meastire the 

 1 1'< < s (iiul s/truh.s .sc/fictcd (jr jironoiiuccd vpon as liardij. in the ofitsct, hare sUxkI 

 the to'i (if ('.rjK'i'i lilt' lit crtT siiLci'. And ill regard to preparing this A'olume. 

 although an idea was entertained in the beginning of greatl}' curtailing and 

 condensing the reports, it was found that to do so would reall}' take from the 

 work the very spirit and character of the narration comprised in the many 

 diseu>-ions ^vlli(•ll have led to pi-aetical results; indeed, nearly all that makes 

 it valuable, since it is (juitc as imi)ortant in tliiN particular instance to know 



