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Mr. Martin said that he put salt on his cabbages for the cabbage 

 worm and then more and more until finally he had put on a great 

 deal and thought his plants were dying, but they grew finely and 

 made good cabbages. 



Professor Fernald said in reply to an inquiry by a lady concern- 

 ing the Buffalo beetle that the adult beetle feeds on the pollen of 

 flowers and the larva is all that is found in the house. Benzine 

 or gasoline will kill them, but the insurance companies restrict its 

 use. If corrosive sublimate is dissolved in alcohol and the carpets 

 are washed in it, it will be sure death to the carpet beetles and 

 also to children. 



Mr. Hadwen expressed the belief that rose bugs are compara- 

 tively local in their habits. From what had been said it appeared 

 that those who take the trouble to pick them thoroughly and destroy 

 them prevent their ravages. If a bush of the old white rose is 

 planted in a bed of Hybrid Perpetuals they will concentrate on it 

 and can be more easily destroyed. 



A vote of thanks to Professor Fernald was unanimously passed. 



The announcement for the next Saturday was a paper on 

 " The Influence of Flowers on National Life," by Mrs. Fannie 

 A. Deane, of Edgartown. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, March 3, 1888. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 1 1 o'clock, 

 Vice President William H. Spooner, in the chair. 



The Chairman reported that the Executive Committee had 

 approved the appropriation of $100 for premiums for the promo- 

 tion of Window Gardening, voted by the Society at the stated 

 meeting on the 7th of January. 



Rev. Calvin Terry, of North Weymouth, 



having been recommended by the Executive Committee, was on 

 ballot duly elected a member of the Society. 



Adjourned to Saturday, March 10. 



