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produces, on plants with perfect flowers, a fruit of pleasant flavor. 

 He mentioned the Madeira vine {Boussmgaidtia haselloides) as 

 desirable for its fragrance and beauty, but it flowers so late in au- 

 tumn as barely to escape frost, and therefore it would be better to 

 forward it under glass. 



Mr. Ross inquired whether vines bred mosquitoes. 



Mr. Barker said that he could not answer the question, but he 

 could sa}' tha*; he lately visited a friend who had no vines but a 

 great many mosquitoes. 



Mr. Strong said that he would have all vines on trellises and not 

 directly on the house, though it did not make so much difference 

 with brick or stone houses as with those of wood. Trees also 

 should not be too close to houses. 



The Committee on Discussions announced that on the next Sat- 

 urday M. B. Faxon would read a paper on " Annuals and their 

 Cultivation." 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, February 12, 1887. 



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

 Vice-President William H. Spooner in the chair. 



President Walcott stated that much misapprehension existed 

 in regard to the effort to obtain the use of ground in the Public 

 Garden on which to erect a building for the Society', and read a 

 draft of a letter which he had prepared to be published for the pur- 

 pose of correcting this misapprehension. It was unanimously 

 voted that the President be authorized to publish the letter. 



Adjourned to Saturday', February ID. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



Annuals and their Cultivation. 



By M. ]i. Faxon, Boston. 



Mr. PreshJenty Ladies, and Gentlemen of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society : — 



Your Committee on Publication and Discussion has seen flt to 

 call upon me to address you on the subject of Annuals and their 



