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Mr. Marsh, No. 33 Maiden lane, showed a dipper, with a gradu- 

 ated scales on one side for weighing any kind of materials, by 

 placing the substance in the dipper, and setting it in water. A 

 pound will press the dipper down to the one pound mark. Two 

 pounds ^vill force the dipper in the water to the two pound mai'k. 



]Mr. L. S. Ball, Quakertowii, Penn., wrote to the Club that he has 

 several choice young apple trees that have been girdled by swine 

 as hiorh as the swine could reach. He boxed the trunks and filled 

 in with earth to save the trees. He asked if there is any hope that 

 they will live. The answer was quite doubtful. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller said if the trees are still alive, let the girdled 

 space be " bridged " as soon as possible. That process may save 

 the trees. Bridging the girdle with pieces of limbs can do no 

 hai-m. Adjourned. 



January 28, 1868. 



Mr. Nathan C. Ely in the chair; Mr. John W. Chambebs, Secretary. 



HONEY LOCUST HEDGE. 



Mr. Wm. Nunn, Aftou, Iowa, made an inquiry in relation to the 

 honey locust. Some say it is troubled with the borer, others deny 

 it, and say it is the black locust that is so affected. 



Mr. N. C. Meeker. — The objection against it as a hedge is, that 

 it gi'ows into a large tree, and its thorns are dangerous. 



Mr. Wm. Lawton spoke highly of buckthorn and hawthorn 

 hedges, and thought we ought to import plants from England; he 

 had a small hedge, old and doing well. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller said, these varieties were tried one hundred and 

 fifty .years ago, and thousands of bushels of seed had been imported, 

 but they were so subject to disease and attacks of borers they had 

 to be abandoned. The barberry makes the handsomest and best 

 fence of all the hedge plants. 



Mr. N. C. Meeker thought the Osage the best hedge for Iowa. 



Mr. Thomas Cavanach said it would be likely to be killed during 

 cold weather. 



Mr. N. C. Meeker said that would make no difference, for it would 

 sprout up and the dry thorns would be a perfect protection. In 

 Central Illinois, where these hedges took fire from railroad sparks 

 in the winter, they were not injured. Still, if the weather is so cold 

 that mulching will not save the roots, barberry should be planted. 



