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to the secretary of the society a list of members of their society 

 and a report of the proceedings thereof." 



On motion of Prof. Green the amendment was adopted. 



L. H. Wilcox : — I was perhaps the mover in securing that 

 amendment to the constitution, and I did it believing that we 

 should extend a hand to local societies, and by making their 

 members hold membership in this society, had hoped to see 

 this society largely increased in membership. This is a thing 

 that is very desirable to do. Two years have passed since that 

 amendment was put in the constitution, and outside of a single 

 society, the Beekeepers' Association, which has been formed 

 since that amendment was passed, the outside horticultural 

 societies have not responded to our overtures. I say this 

 simply in explanation, and I have no objection to make to this 

 amendment. 



The meeting then adjourned to two o'clock. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Thursday, Jan. 22, 2 p. m. 



The meeting was called to order by the president. 



President Elliot: We have with us here this afternoon a gen- 

 tleman who makes a business of raising vegetables for the 

 market in winter. His place is just a little beyond the Wash- 

 burn Home. I want to introduce to you Mr. Fred Busch. 



Mr. Busch then spoke as follows: 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: Four or five years 

 ago I thought it would be a good thing to raise vegetables in 

 the greenhouse, and as it was rather a doubtful scheme with 

 me I first tried it in one small house. I saw there was an 

 opportunity to make a fair profit out of it, but still I used my 

 hotbeds. The next year I built three houses and tried it in 

 that way, and I found I could do it better than with hot beds, 

 and I kept on all that year and the next year I doubled my 

 plant. I now have forty thousand feet under glass. I find 

 there is quite a demand for vegetables, and sometimes I run 

 short. Four or five years ago there were times when I was 

 hardly able to sell lettuce, but now there is a steady demand 

 for it. The crop I raise there at present is almost exclusively 

 lettuce. I intended to raise cabbage this year, but we got the 

 plant finished so late that I did not get at it. This year I made 



