PROCEEDINGS OF THE FARMERS' CLUB. 199 



derives its nourishment from the parent plant during the summer, 

 and the roots have had little to do. There is a great difference 

 between roots that have had work to do, and those that grow 

 merely because it is their nature to shoot out. Evergreens can 

 only be layered successfully in midsummer, Avhen the plant is 

 making its most rapid growth. If you wait until the plant has 

 stopped its growth, you will find that the resin exuding from the 

 wound will so coat it over as to prevent the alburnum from pro- 

 ducing roots. Carnations may be layered in the fall, after they 

 are through flowering, about the first of September. Make a 

 tongue by cutting right under a bud, so as to leave the bud on 

 the tongue, making the tongue about three-quarters of an inch 

 long. Ten days will suffice to root it well ; and it may be plant- 

 ed out in the spring. The new plants will produce much better 

 flowers than the old ones. Verbenas should be reproduced every 

 year to keep them good. 



Mr. F. illustrated his remarks by numerous practical examples 

 upon specimens of a large variety of plants. 



Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Pardee expressed their gratification 

 from the remarks of Mr. Fuller, and condemned the course of cer- 

 tain gardeners who had objected to Mr. Fuller's betraj'ing the 

 secrets of the profession. 



Mr. Fuller. — I learn that the greatest trouble was that I 

 explained the mode of propagating the Daphne. Now Theo- 

 phrastus, who wrote 300 years before Christ, described that very 

 plant. This illustrates the secrets of the profession. 



Subject — " Acclimation." Adjourned. 



December 9, 1861. 

 Rev. Mr. Weaver, of Fordham, in the chaii*. 



PEARS. 



Mr. Carpenter recommended the following pears, after trial. 

 Of American varieties, Osband's Summer ripens the last of July, 

 and is handsome, of good size, and of fine flavor. The Beurre 

 Kirtland ripens about the time of the Bartlett. Manning's Eliza- 

 beth ripens a little earlier, and is a delightful pear. The King- 

 sessing, Brandywine, Cabot, Sheldon, Fulton, Princess St. Germain 

 and Stephens' Genesee have proved good. The Washington is 

 one of the finest American pears. Of foreign varieties, the Beurre 



