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sum of twenty dollars already offered by the Society, for the effectual de- 

 struction of said slug : the premium to be paid whenever satisfactory evi- 

 dence shall be given to the Society of a plan to destroy or to prevent the 

 ravages of the slug, without injury to the bush or its foliage. 



Per order, S. WALKER, Chairman. 



Voted ; to accept the report. 



The following are the communications alluded to : 



RoxBURY, June 3d, 1840. 



Sir — I have the honor to transmit the enclosed communication, address- 

 ed to me, from Mr. David Haggerston, of Watertown. 



The slug, that has for several years past destroyed the foliage of the rose 

 bush, is well known, to every practical florist, in this section of the country ; 

 its destruction, by various means, has been attempted, but as yet without 

 success. 



The additional premium now proposed, if it should receive the sanction 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, will give a fresh impetus to 

 the exertions of those who have so far labored in vain to destroy, this eye- 

 sore, the rose-slug ; and will probably call into the field an army of Flora's 

 loving subjects, who will not, 1 trust, lay down their arms until they shall 

 have annihilated the foul defacer of the mantle of the " queen of flowers." 



I am. Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, 



S. WALKER, Chairman Comviittee on Flowers. 



Hon. E. VosE, Pres. Mass. Hort. Soc. 



Watertown, Mat/ 26th, 1840. 



My Dear Sir : In conversation with a gentleman since I saw you, I 

 mentioned to him the intention of the Horticultural Society of offering a 

 premium for the destruction of the worm or insect that infests the rose 

 bush and destroys the foliage : he was much pleased, and commended the 

 Society for their efforts to accomplish so desirable an object ; but when I 

 mentioned the sum intended to be given, ten dollars, his idea was precisely 

 mine, that it would result in no good. For the last five or six years he has 

 seen experiments tried, and every thing done that could be thought of, for 

 the destruction of the above insect, without the least success. His idea is, 

 that the premium ought not to be less than one hundred dollars, and he 

 wished me to say to the Society that I could procure fifty dollars for the 

 purpose, provided the Society would make it up to one hundred. As it is 

 not at all likely that I shall be at the next meeting, I take the liberty of 

 troubling you, knowing well how much you are interested. If you will 

 have the goodness to make the proposal to the Society, you wall much 

 oblige Yours, very truly, DAVID HAGGERSTON 



S. Walker, Esq 



