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cope with them. In case of cultivated plants, difference iu condi- 

 tions of moisture, etc., may be so different here as to prevent 

 their growing even under cultivation. The great evenness of the 

 Fuegian climate and the great extremes of our own, prevent many 

 plants acclimatized to the former, from living in New England. This 

 is proven by the fact that certain plants from the southern part of 

 South America will grow on our Pacific coast, where the climate 

 is much more even than our own. 



Mr. Strong spoke of the lecture as one of great interest, and 

 said that its full value will be better appreciated when it comes to 

 us in print. We may not understand the bearings of so profound 

 a subject, or be able to discuss it upon the simple hearing. He 

 then moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Ganong for his instructive 

 lecture, which motion was unanimously adopted. 



O. B. Hadwen, Chairman of the Committee on Publication and 

 Discussion, announced for the next Saturday a paper on "School 

 Insti'uctiou in Horticulture and its Advantages," by Dr. Charles 

 C. Rounds, Principal of the State Normal School, Plymouth, N.H. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, February 28, 1891. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at eleven 

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



No business being brought before the meeting, it adjourned to 

 Saturday, March 7. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



The Study of Horticulture in the Public Schools. 



Ky Dr. Charles C. Roixds, Principal of the State Normal School, Plymouth, N.H. 



Dr. Rounds prefaced his essaj^ by the remark that he was not a 

 horticulturist nor a naturalist, but that what he should sa}' would he 

 spoken out of the depths of his feeling of his own needs in youth, 

 and of the needs of tlie children of the present da}'. If his 



