236 MussachusetLt Hoi'ticidtwal Society. 



Destruction of the Curculio by the Use of Sah. — Now that the season 

 is approaching when the Curculio begins to emerge from the ground, we 

 are induced to request fruit cultivators to try the effect of salt in destroy- 

 ing them. We have been assured by several experienced fruit cultiva- 

 tors, that they have found salt a perfect preventative against the ravages 

 of this destructive insect, and that they have had annually good crops of 

 plums, while their neighbors have lost a larger portion of their fruit. Our 

 friend Capt. Lovett, of Beverly, informs us that he has applied half a 

 peck or more of salt to each tree, spreading it on the ground as far as the 

 branches extend. This is done about the first of June, and as it is washed 

 into the ground by the rains, it appears to prevent the Curculio from 

 making his way alive through it. The salt does not appear to injure the 

 tree in the least. We would advise all our friends who have plum trees 

 subject to the attacks of the Curculio to try this remedy, and send us an 

 account of their experiments for publication, in order that all the informa- 

 tion possible may be elicited which may lead to a certain remedy for this 

 insidious enemy of the plum cultivator. — Ed. 



Art. IV. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, May 1, 1843. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was 

 held to-day — the President in the chair. 



A letter was read from A. H. Ernst, Corresponding Member, Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio ; it accompanied some specimens of a sweet apple called the 

 Lansinburgh. Mr. Ernst, in his letter, states the grafts of this variety 

 were brought from Lansinburgh, N. Y., some years since, without a 

 name ; the person who procured the grafts called them after the town 

 from which he got them. He also states that they are highly esteemed 

 in Cincinnati as a shipping fruit for the south. Mr. Ernst concluded by 

 remarking that he would, with pleasure, send grafts for distribution 

 among the members, if the apple was not known in our vicinity. A vote 

 of thanks was passed to Mr. Ernst for his communication and the accom- 

 panying fruit. 



The President laid before the Society copies of several books voted to 

 be procured by the Library Committee. It was voted that none of the 

 periodical works should be allowed to go out of the Library until a vol- 

 ume is completed and bound. 



The Committee appointed to publish the Transactions of the Society 

 for 1841 and 42, laid before the meeting five hundred copies, for distribu- 

 tion among the members. Meeting adjourned one month, to June 3. 



Exhibited. — Fruit : Lansinburgh apples, from A. H. Ernst, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



May I3th. — Exhibited. Flowers: from J. F. Allen, Salem, Lawren- 

 cia rubra, Cramoisie superieure, Eugene Beauharnois, Victoire Modeste, 

 (tea,) and Princess of Nassau roses. From I. Livcrmore, Esq., Cam- 

 bridge, a fine seedling Pelargonium. From the Public Garden, two seed- 

 ling Pelargoniums and a Fuchsia which had been treated with guano ; 

 the Pelargoniums were the same plants exhibited last autumn at the 

 annual show of the Society. In February, the plants were repotted into 



