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BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, February 8, 1890. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at half past 

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



E. W. Wood presented the following vote : — 



Voted, That the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, recogniz- 

 ing the danger threatening the agricultural interests of the State 

 by the sudden appearance, in the town of Medford, of a danger- 

 ous insect pest, petition the Legislature, in support of the citizens 

 of Medford and adjacent towns, for State aid in stamping it out. 



The vote was unanimously adopted and signed by many 

 members of the Society to be presented to the Legislature as a 

 petition. 



Adjourned to Saturday, February 15, 1890, at half past eleven 

 •o'clock. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



ChRTS ANTHEMUMS . 



By W, A. Manda, Short Hills, N. J. 



[Mr. 3Ianda being unable to be present, his essay was read by the Secretary, as 

 follows :] 



These deservedly popular plants have been brought to such a 

 state of perfection that in their season they command the sole 

 attention of the flower-loving public, when grand exhibitions are 

 given where these plants are the chief or, indeed, the only attrac- 

 tion. 



Many prominent horticulturists have devoted their whole lives 

 to the improvement of this Queen of Autumn in this country as 

 well as in Europe, without speaking of its native home, Japan, 

 where it is most carefully cultivated and esteemed as a national 

 flower and Japanese emblem. 



The history of Chrysanthemums dates back many years, the 

 centennial anniversary of its introduction to Europe, having been 

 celebrated there last year ; but long before that time it was 

 cultivated in Japan. 



