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and covered with sash during the germinating period. The secret 

 of success is in getting the plants started early and in growing them 

 fast to avoid blight. The foliage at the time of the committee's 

 visit was in a very healthy condition, especially when it is considered 

 that no spraying had been done, because not needed. The melons 

 were ripening rapidly and some of the larger specimens were 

 weighed in the presence of the committee, the weights being 16^ 

 14, 12, and 10 pounds. 



Mr. Garthly made a careful count of the product of this field, 

 the entire crop numbering 1000 melons. 



Louis P. Hollander's Estate at Marblehead Neck. 



August 26 the committee visited the estate of Louis P. Hollander 

 at Marblehead Neck. This estate of three acres in extent had 

 been entered for the special prizes offered by the Society for the 

 purpose of encouraging the horticultural adornment and improve- 

 ment of suburban homes and summer residences. 



The location is one of those rocky eminences on the north shore 

 of Massachusetts which command a broad range of landscape and 

 ocean scenery. Mr. Hollander has planted during the last five 

 years an extensive collection of hardy flowering shrubs and herba- 

 ceous plants which growing amongst the gray ledges produce a 

 very pleasing effect. 



We are fortunate to have in our community so many men, who, 

 although actively engaged in business affairs, are also interested 

 in the advancement of horticulture, and we are under obligation 

 to them for the opportunities of witnessing what can be done in the 

 amelioration of our rugged New England hills and shores by 

 judicious planting and tasteful arrangement. 



The day of the visit being decidedly rainy the members of the 

 committee were obliged to forego a more careful inspection of the 

 various shrubs and flowers, but Avere Avell pleased with the general 

 effect. 



