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The Executive Committee, to whom was referred the resigna- 

 tion of Edward S. Rand, Jr., from the Committee on Publication 

 and Discussion, reported, recommending its acceptance. 



On motion, William C. Strong, D. T. Curtis, and Benjamin G. 

 Smith were appointed a committee to nominate a candidate to fill 

 the vacancy. The Committee reported the name of Rev. A. B. 

 Muzzey, and he was accordingly elected. 



N, P. Russell, of Boston, 



Mrs. S. a. Holt, of Winchester, 

 being recommended to the Society for membership by the Execu- 

 tive Committee, were on ballot elected. 

 Adjourned to Saturday,- March 4. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



A meeting for discussion was held immediately after the ad- 

 journment of the business meeting, William C. Strong, Chairman 

 of the Committee on Discussion, presiding. E. W. Wood read 

 the following essay, which was illustrated by a diagram of a 

 Ground Vinery, drawn on a scale of six inches to the foot. 



Culture of the Foreign Grape in Cold Graperies. 



BY E. W. V^OOD. 



The vine is the oldest fruit bearing plant of which we have any 

 record. Frequent reference is made to it in Holy AVrit, and its 

 praises have been a prolific theme for writers through all time. 

 So frequent and instructive are the allusions to vine culture in the 

 classic poets that the college student, if he has scanned the subject, 

 as carefully as the measure, of his Latin text, can hardW fail to 

 possess an accurate knowledge of the peculiar soil, location, and 

 treatment necessary for the successful culture of the grape. The 

 vine is a plant of the greatest vitality ; while it responds quickly 

 and with great vigor to the careful and generous treatment of the 

 intelligent cultivator, its wonderful recuperative powers are liable 



