100 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



President Underwood: Mr. Wedge's idea is this: There are 

 certain nurserymen in the South who make a great advertising 

 feature of the whole root and say that no trees grown on piece 

 roots are worth setting out, and the idea is to find out whether 

 you must have trees grafted on whole roots or piece roots. 



Mr. C. L. Smith: We had a report from Prof. Green and 

 Mr. Wedge of their visit to the orchards of the state, and I was 

 interested in two items of that report. One was in regard to 

 some trees belonging to Sidney Corp that were thirty years 

 old; and we had a paper by Mr. Bullis that mentioned a Tal- 

 man Sweet twenty-eight years old. Those trees are in good 

 bearing today, and they were grafted on little pieces of roots 

 less than two inches long. I know that because I did the work 

 myself. 



Mr. Wedge: I want to say in addition to what the president 

 has said, that in our section of the country thousands of trees 

 are sold, and they make that the general feature. 



A vote being taken, the members present declared them- 

 selves unanimously in favor of trees grafted on piece roots. 



Mr. Wedge: I want the reporter to get that down straight, 

 that this society was unanimously in favor of piece root grafted 

 trees. 



A Remedy for Grubs, Cut Worms, etc. — There have been so 

 many complaints of damage done by these pests during- the past 

 season that the experience I have had with them may be of service. 

 Some years since I cut some flower beds in a lawn, which I planted 

 with coleus and achyranthes, that started to grow finely for a month, 

 when I noticed some began to flag. Upon examination I found them 

 eaten nearly through and at the root by large grubs. I tried several 

 "sure cures" but without success. At last a friend recommended 

 me to try a good coating of oyster shell lime. The plants were all 

 taken up, and a thorough dressing forked in. The plants were reset, 

 and in a very short tiine they made a splendid growth. In fact, the 

 beds in which the lime was used far surpassed all the rest in growth 

 and coloring, and when I mention the fact that I had 20,000 plants 

 in beds and borders, it was a very good test. 



I have used oyster shell lime for pot plants, vegetable and, in fact, 

 almost every crop, and have never seen a thing injured with grub 

 or cut worm where it has been used. To my mind it is one of the 

 best fertilizers one can use, and I have often wondered that it is not 

 more generally manufactured and used. The shells can be had for 

 the carting, and the cost of building a kiln is comparatively trifling. 

 — The Florists Exchange. 



