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lu repl}' Professor Voorhees said that there had been experi- 

 ments on that point and that an excess of nitrogen gave more 

 leaf and wood growth than was necessary, and the wood had to be 

 cut back. Two hundred pounds of nitrate of soda per year seems 

 to be too much to apply. He would not usually apply nitrogen 

 before the trees begin to bear, but on very poor soils would 

 apply it. 



Notice was given of an extra meeting to be held on April 11, 

 when William C. Bates would read a paper on "Mushrooms, 

 Edible and Poisonous." * 



An invitation was also read from Samuel Heushaw, Secretary 

 of the Boston Society of Natural History, to attend a meeting of 

 that Society, Wednesday evening, April 1, when Prof essor William 

 Libby would read a paper on " The Hawaiian Islands." 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, April 4, 1896. 

 A duly notified Stated Meeting of the Society was holden at 

 eleven o'clock today, the President, Francis H. Appletox, in 

 the chair. 



Hon. George Heywood, from the Committee to prepare a 

 memorial of the late Hon. John P. Spaulding, presented the 

 following : 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, April 4, 1896. 



The Committee appointed to prepare and present resolutions on 

 the death of Hon. John P. Spaulding have attended to that duty 

 and report : 



Whereas the Massachusetts Horticultural Society has learned of 

 the sudden decease of one of its members, the Hon. John P. 

 Spaulding, of Boston, 



Resolved, That the Society would most reverently recognize the 

 wise though mysterious will of Providence by which it has been so 

 recently deprived of one of its members. 



Resolved, That this Society has lost a highly esteemed member, 

 who by his many exhibits manifested a great interest iu the 



