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Mr. Whipple. Did you examine to see if there were any cut- 

 worms f 



Mr. Ford. I attributed it to them. 



Mr. Smith. I think I can explain that. I planted five hun- 

 dred Philadelphias and they all went in the same way. They 

 were out of the ground a little too long before they were set. 

 The long roots all died, but they sprouted up at the centre, lived 

 through and grew up, while the old raspberry cane died a per- 

 fectly natural death. The new roots made no new wood; I ex- 

 amined a number of them. When you set out a year-old cane 

 of the red raspberry, unless it throws up a sucker from below 

 the ground, I think it is going to die by the first of August. 

 Yours did not throw up any suckers, did they? 



Mr. Ford. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Smith. Well, mine did not; I think they just died a nat- 

 ural death, because there were no new roots or new wood. 



Mr. Ford. My plants were set out in the spring, and were 

 very thrifty, and had very fine roots, but the suckers seemed 

 to die. 



Mr. Pearce. Did you notice whether there were any cut-worms'? 



Mr. Ford. There were plenty of cut- worms. 



Mr. Harris. I think likely that was what was the matter. 



Mr. Pearce. We had a terrible time with a species of cut- 

 worms; they were not common cut- worms, but seemed to be a 

 sort that went off into the grass and staid, and came out at 

 night. They would cut off the leaves. I set out raspberries and 

 they would cut them off. They injured my plants very much. 

 It never made its appearance there till last season. It is not the 

 common kind of cut-worm, but it is a very active worm. 



Mr. Ford. I think my observation agrees with that of the 

 gentleman; I think it is not a common species of cut- worm. 



On motion of Mr. Sias the meeting was then adjourned till 

 7 o'clock in the evening. 



EVENING SESSION. 



Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1885. 



The meeting was called to order at 7 o' clock in the evening by 

 President Smith. 



The following communication was received and read: 



