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other light and felt no other pleasure. It was a garden in which the first 
human beings were placed, and from which their first sins expelled them, 
and, in finding his way back to the lost paradise, man must enter into the 
the garden again, pure and beautiful as the flowers that grow there. . 
DISCUSSION. 
Mr. Harris proposed to pass over the discussion for want of 
time, if no objections were made. 
Mr. Tuttle should like to hear something about the money value 
of flowers. Think that might be urged as a consideration in favor 
of their cultivation. 
4 Roses. 
Mr. Elliot :—Why have we lost so many of our hybrid perpetual 
roses this spring? Have lost 14 or 15 varieties notwithstanding 
the usual covering. 
Prof. Peckham :—The late freezes in the spring after the cover- 
ing was removed are likely to have killed them. When the mer- 
cury falls below zero it makes little difference to the plant whether 
twenty or forty degrees. 
Mr. Elliot :—They appeared unimpared when the growing season 
commenced and promised to grow and bloom, but then withered 
and died. 
Richfield Pansy. 
Col. Stevens :—Would like to hear from Mr. Hoag concerning 
the Richfield Pansy exhibited a few years ago. 
Mr. Hoag :—I do not know whether or not, an inquest was held 
over it, but if so, the coroner is the man to ask. It died the sum- 
mer after exhibition. This pansy come from seed obtained by 
planting four varieties closely side by side, and it combined all the 
colors of these four varieties. I protect witb covering of straw. 
Mr. Baker :—A pansy bed must be young. It runs out about 
every two years. To obtain large plants they must be so grown as 
to prevent flowering until July or August. 
Mr. Harris :—Such is my love for flowers that I would rather live 
on three meals a week than do without flowers. 
Reports. 
The Secretary moved that members of the General Fruit Com- 
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