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arriving there with bad colds, or even suffering from the sequelae 

 of pneumonia, have been cured by the climate without taking any 

 remedy. There is no frost and the place is famous for semi- 

 tropical fruits. A variety of lemon with no seeds and very thin 

 skin is cultivated there, and preparations are making to extend its 

 culture very largely. The Messrs. Kimball have an olive-oil 

 factory and there is also one at San Bernardino. 



Rev. C. S. Harrison, director of the South-west Division of the 

 Nebraska Horticultural Society, who was present, was called on, 

 and said that he was happy to meet this brotherhood and sister- 

 hood of horticulturists. This was his first visit to New England, 

 and he thought it the grandest place to live in that he had ever 

 seen. He would like to exchange some of the rich western soil 

 for the climate of New England. He had lived among the mag- 

 nificent conifers of the Rock}' Mountains, and been engaged in 

 collecting them and was pleased to recognize them at the Arnold 

 Arboretum and at Mr. Hunnewell's Pinetum at Wellesley. He 

 spoke of the beauty of Abies concolor^ with blossom buds of the 

 deepest purple and purple cones standing erect, while next to 

 them would be trees with cones of green. On the great plains 

 Norway spruce trees lose their heads, but trees brought from the 

 mountains do very well. 



The announcement for the next Saturday was a paper on " The 

 Huckleberry," by Dr. E. L. Sturtevant of South Framingham. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, January 18, 1890. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at half past 

 eleven o'clock, the President, William H. Spooner, in the chair. 



The Annual Report of the Treasurer was read by the Secretary, 

 accepted, and referred to the Committee on Publication. 



The Secretary read a letter from W. W. Dunlop, Secretary of 

 the Montreal Horticultural Society, thanking this Society for the 

 prompt action taken in regard to the appointment of a Delegate 

 and Judge for the Convention of Fruit Growers of the Dominion 

 of Canada. 



Adjourned to Saturday, January 25. 



