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laying the bushes down carefully, putting dry boards on them, 
and then covering with light soil. Have tried straw and other 
modes, and sometimes failed. But if the wood is dry that one 
covers with, it is always a success. 
Mr. Mendenhall. We have a lady in this city who has had a 
great deal to do with out-door culture of roses. Mrs. is the 
lady, and I would move that Col. Stevens be requested to ask her 
to prepare a paper on the cultivation of roses out of doors. 
The motion was seconded and carried. 
Pres. Grimes. I also have cultivated roses. I cut mine back 
eight or ten inches in the fall, procured some sod, threw it right 
around the crown to shut off water, and covered them well with 
good stable litter. 
Mr. Brimhall. Would like to ask whether you served the young 
plants that way. 
Pres. Grimes. -I cut back only the old ones. 
Mr. Storis. Have protected best by covering with sod. Have 
had some totally killed that I covered with straw and other ma- 
terial. 
Mr. Smith. Wnm. King, of St. Paul, took boards and put stones 
on them, and the plants so covered came out better than ever 
before. 
Mr. Storrs. Have killed mine with manure. 
The Secretary. Isn’t it a good deal safer to buy plants grown in 
our own latitude? 
Mr. Harris. Of course. 
Mr. Mendenhall. I move the first question be referred to Mr. 
Lacy to be reported on next winter. 
Mr. Carter. Have raised the Golden-Banded Lily and had 
trouble with it ; but the Red-Spotted, White and Brown, I could 
raise without trouble. 
Mr. Smith. The great fault of the people is they won’t plant 
deep enough on drained soil. 
Mr. Harris. Is sandy soil as favorable as loam? Am inclined 
to think it is not adapted to Lilies. 
The discussion on floriculture was here closed. 
MR. JORDON’S PAPER. 
Mr. Jordon then came forward and read his paper on Blight, 
its Nature, Cause and Prevention, as follows: 
