32 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1878. 



quite handsome, but is not desirable for parlor bouquets. He would keep 

 them in a cold frame until they show single or double ; throw the single 

 ones away and bed out the double ones. Pansies cannot be dispensed 

 with, but in hot weather good blooms can only be got in shaded places. 

 He said he had only just found out how to grow Sweet Peas. An excess 

 of water is what they generally need. Plenty of water does wonders for 

 flowers in a garden. 



In answer to a question he said he smoked green houses twice a week, 

 lightly, whether there were green-flies there or not ; this was a pi'event- 

 ive. Heavy smoking he thought injurious to plants. Two light smokes 

 on succeeding days are better than one heavy one. 



Mr. Hadwen followed, saying that Capt. Moore is a farmer as well as 

 a horticulturist ; his roses here today are the best ever shown in the hall, 

 and his example, as to what a farmer can do, is valuable to Worcester 

 farmers. 



He gave a good word to perennial Phlox as a plant of easy growth, and 

 growing in popularity. Many of the new specimens are well worthy the 

 attention and pride of the best horticulturists. He also praised the Pan- 

 sy, and said it can be especially well grown in this vicinity. 



Of flowering shrubs he mentioned the spirea tlmnberyii and the deutzia 

 gracilis as particularly good ; also, deutzia creiiata and creaata flare alba 

 pleno. He commended the Weigela, and said that Japan is sending us 

 many desirable acquisitions. 



Mr. 1'. J. Kinney said two flowers had been neglected today : the lobelia 

 cardinalis attracts more attention than any other in the United States ; 

 it can be easily grown in a common garden and will 1 ist for years. The 

 other is the Pursythia which he praised almost as highly as the lobelia 

 cardinalis as it blooms early, with the Japan Quince, and is a mass of 

 bloom. 



Secretary Lincoln doubted the hardiness of Forsythia viridissima which, 

 in his experience, winter-killed badly. 



A laro-e poilion of the audience having come in since the opening paper 

 was read, Mrs. Nelson was requested to repeat it, to which she cheerfully 

 consented. Hon. Stephen Salisbury moved that the thanks of the Socie- 

 ty be extended for the essay, and that a copy be requested for publica- 

 tion. The motion was adopted unanimously. 



