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with water. Paris green must not be used with this, as the 

 ammonia dissolves the arsenic and the resulting compound burns 

 the foliage. 



The formula for Bordeaux mixture is six pounds of sulphate of 

 copper, and four pounds of lime in fifty gallons of water. 



Mr. Andrews further states that his plum orchard has been 

 planted seven years ; it is located on a hill which originally was 

 well covered with loam, upon a hardpan subsoil. The loam has 

 been nearly all washed away, and the trees are growing in the 

 subsoil. They have not been unfavorably affected by the dry 

 weather ; the foliage is of a dark green color and the fruit does 

 not drop. The trees have been sprayed for three years past with 

 Bordeaux mixture and carbonate of copper. This year they were 

 sprayed five times, and carried about two bushels of fruit to each 

 tree. The varieties grown are BradshaAv, Lombard, McLaughlin, 

 and Washington. Mr. Andrews says the crop sold well and the 

 results were very satisfactory. Your Committee were unanimous 

 in their decision, that this was the most successfully cultivated 

 plum orchard that they have been invited to examine. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



As might have been expected, we had some entries for the 

 prizes offered for this popular flower. For the Best House of 

 Chrysanthemums Arranged for Effect with other Plants, the com- 

 petitors were : Nathaniel T. Kidder, William Martin, gardener ; 

 and Walter Huunewell, T. D. Hatfield, gardener. For the best 

 House of Chrysanthemums grown on Benches the competitors 

 were the Waban Rose Conservatories, Alexander Montgomery, 

 gardener; and William Nicholson. The Bussey Institution, 

 Charles Jackson Dawson, gardener, entered a house of field-grown 

 plants, but not in competition for any prize. 



We have the pleasure of presenting statements from all these 

 places. 



Nathaniel T. Kidder's CnRYSANTiiEMUM House, Milton. 



The Greenhouse that was entered for the premium for the Best 

 House of Chrysanthemums arranged for effect with other plants, is 

 fifty-two feet long and twenty feet wide, and is a three-quarter span. 



