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be thought the State amply protected ; there is no possibility of 

 selling a pound of oleomargarine under any other name. 



Mr. Atliinson said, in pursuance of his previous statements, 

 that good bread can be made for less than three cents per pound. 

 We need a capitalist who will seek his fortune in making bread. 

 Bread made of American flour is sold in London for less than 

 four cents per pound. 



The announcement for the next Saturday was a paper by W. W. 

 Eawson, on " Vegetable Growing." 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, February 27, 1886. 

 An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 Vice-President C. II. B. Breck in the chair. 



William H. Spooner, Chairman of the Committee appointed 

 January 30, to nominate a candidate to fill a vacancy in the Vege- 

 table Committee, caused by the death of George W. Pierce, 

 reported the name of P. G. Hanson, of Woburn, who was there- 

 upon unanimously' elected. 



The Secretary announced that the medals offered b}' the Roj'al 

 Union for the Cultivation of Flower Roots, at Haarlem, to be 

 awarded for the best exhibitions of Hyacinths at the Spring Ex- 

 hibition of this Society, had been received. He also laid before 

 the Society a letter from the above mentioned Union in regard to 

 medals to be offered as prizes for flowering bulbs at the Spring 

 Exhibition of this Society, in 1887, and a letter from the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society (which had received the same 

 proposition) in regard thereto. The subject was referred to the 

 Committee on Establishing Prizes, with full powers. 



Adjourned to Saturday, March 6. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



Vegetable Growing. 



By Wakren W. Rawson, Arlington. 



This subject is one which enlists the attention of very many 

 of our horticulturists at the present time. In the practical pur- 



