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and that the Secretary be requested to transmit a cop}' of the 

 same to the family of the deceased, as an expression of sympathy 

 in their afllictive bereavement. 



C. N. Brackett, ^ 



AVarukn Heustis, >■ Commiltee. 



Geoiiqe Hill, ) 



The rcsohitions were unanimously passed. 



Adjourned to Saturday, February 20. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



Bulbs and Tubers for Out-door Culture. 



By Mrs. T. L. Nelson, Worcester. 



Again it has pleased you to ask me to open the day's discussion ; 

 whether you have chosen wisely the result must decide. As I 

 recall tlie instructive discussions that have been here conducted, 

 I am anxious rather to listen to your words of wisdom and expe- 

 rience ; and can only hope that what I am able to offer may serve 

 by wa}' of suggestion to set your thoughts in motion. A small 

 body dislodged from the mountain side causes the avalanche. It 

 may be that I shall advance some idea which will open the way 

 for and serve to start an avalanche of wisdom. 



One who did not know the enormous will-power and eneigy of 

 the people of New England might wonder why such lovers of 

 fruits and flowers do not seek a more genial climate. But the 

 same spirit which brought their forefathers here bids thorn cling to 

 the land of their ancestors' adoption. The frigid winters and 

 scorching summers sometimes dishearten, but do not entirely' dis- 

 courage. True as the needle to the polo, the New Enghindor gathers 

 up what is left from their ravages, and patiently as he can (for 

 there is a limit to human serenity) repairs damages, replaces 

 winter-killed plants, protects from the severe rays of the sun, and 

 leaves the result, as he must, with Ilira who sends the sunshine 

 and the rain. 



There arc, perhaps, three certain summer months, with a pos- 

 sible fourth if there is no early frost. What, thou, in this brief 

 season, can we grow in the way of bulbs and tul)ers, tiiat will give 

 pleasure and profit? 



The subject of bulbs and tubers for out-door culture is a broad 



