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Mr. Philbrick asked if the worm would not crawl under the 

 ring. 



Mr. Parker said that the ring or hoop must he pressed down 

 into the soil, which will pi'event the worms from crawling under it. 

 They will not crawl over any surface except earth or stone. The 

 ring may be made of tin or any other metal if desii-ed. He had 

 found that if three thin pieces of wood — such as shingle, cigar 

 box, or any other thin stock, cut one and a half inches wide by 

 six inches long — are set on edge in triangular form, around a 

 plant and sunk half an inch into the soil, with earth pressed 

 against the lower part of the outside, they will serve nicely as 

 protectors and can be used year after year for that purpose. 

 If, however, the worm lies buried within the ring or the wooden 

 triangle, of course it can come up and work destruction as though 

 no such guard were there. 



The Chair announced for the next meeting a paper on "Horti- 

 culture at the World's Columbian Exposition," by William J. 

 Stewart, of Winchester. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



Saturday, March 31, 1894. 



A Meeting for Discussion was holden at eleven o'clock, the 

 President, Nathaniel T. Kidder, in the chair. The following 

 paper was read by the author : 



Ornamental Horticulture at the World's Columbian 

 Exposition. 



By WiLLiAji J. Stewart, Winchester. 



For the pen, the brush, and the camera, the World's Columbian 

 Exposition furnished a fruitful field. Through these agencies the 

 country has been flooded with thousands of pictures and hundreds 

 of thousands of printed pages, until those magnificent structures 

 and their environs seem almost as familiar to us as the domed 

 building on our own Beacon Hill. The World's Fair lecturer, too, 

 has been abroad in the land and it would appear as though little 

 remains to be said that has not already been recounted until 



