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fresh seed — not so many as formerly. He had seen none this 

 year or last. 



Mr. Harrison remarked that we had no yellow Sweet Pea. 



Mr. Hutchins said that though a Sweet Pea called yellow had 

 been sold, the color was only a suggestion of yellow. Putting a 

 good many together and bringing them into the house in the 

 shade might bring out the color. Golden Gleam may be a deeper 

 yellow, but he doubted whether a true yellow would ever be 

 produced. Nature makes laws which limit our going beyond a 

 certain point, but we are rapidly getting towards a blue. 



California seed comes true in England and in the continent ; 

 the speaker had never known it to fail. Mr. Eckford's seed is 

 grown under special circumstances. He always sows it in 

 moderate heat for germinating only, to protect it from the 

 rigidity of the climate. Then they can be put in the open 

 ground. They can be transplanted easily. 



In answer to an inquiry Mr. Hutchins said that the list given 

 is suitable for amateurs. The kinds recommended are robust 



The thanks of the meeting were unanimoush^ voted to Mr, 

 Hutchins for his interesting paper. 



MEETING FOR LECTURE AND DISCUSSION. 



Saturday, February 20, 1897. 



A meeting for Lecture and Discussion was ho] den today at 

 eleven o'clock, the President, Francis H. Appleton, in the 

 chair. 



In the absence of the autlior, the following paper was read by 

 J. D. W. French, Chairman of the Committee on Lectures. 



Some Phases of Market Gardening. 



By T. Gbeiner, editor New York edition " Farm and Fireside," La Salle, N.Y. 



It seems to me too bold an undertaking for an outsider to 

 come before your celebrated body of practical horticulturists — 

 the leaders in their chosen field — with the idea of enlightening 

 you on any phase of the garden business. We are in the habit 

 of looking- to you and to the printed reports of your proceedings 

 for instruction, and for new ideas and suggestions. 



