gone 66 vs iScteront it in r conmidaranle ohare 
_ Hesper. The original tree has borne ten bushel n 
have never failed to blossom like pinks. For hardine 
no superior. Some that I sold three years ago are n 
The fruit is like the Conical in shape, tender, sub acid, 
the size of Transcendent. é. 
Mr. Mason. I can confirm what Mr. Jordan has sata 
every year and does not blight. is 
Motion was made and seconded torecommend “‘for aon 
Motion carried by unanimous vote. sates be 
Motion was made and seconded to place on list of varieties qui 
exempt from blight. 
Motion carried by unanimous vote. 
COLONEL HEALY'S PAPER. 
It was proposed that Colonel Healy’s paper should be read and it 
was accordingly read by the Secretary, Colonel Healy being absent. 
After the reading a vote of thanks was tendered and a copy requested 
for publication. 
The following is the paper in full: 
THE LOCATION, LAYING OUT, PLANTING, AND CARE OF 
CEMETERIES. 
To the Horticultural Society of the State of Minnesota: 
GENTLEMEN—Having been requested by a member of your society to make a 
short report on the subject of cemeteries, the manner of laying out, planting, 
ornamentation, &c., I very reluctantly consented on account of my inadaptedness 
to a service of this kind. J have had some experience in the laying out of ceme- 
teries, to be sure, and I laid out and surveyed the several sections in Oakwood 
Cemetery of Rochester, Minn., that have been laid out; but to delineate and 
explain the matter in a report is quite another thing, and I have therefore intro- 
duced with this report a copy of section No. 3 in said cemetery, the more fully to 
exemplify my views. 
Cemetery in its most comprehensive meaning embraces all burying-grounds, 
but in modern times it 1s almost exclusively applied to ornamental or rural bury- 
mg-grounds. Formerly it was the custom to bury in church yards, and it origi- 
nated in this wise: In the Dark Ages, if the remains, or any part thereof, or 
something representing the remains of a dead saint to whom a church may have 
been dedicated, could be obtained, they were buried near the altar in the choir. 
“*Tt became a prevalent desire of men eminent for piety or high rank thus to be 
