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the best kinds of trees to grow, and the most profitable manner of 

 growing them. One year ago I sent east for some white pine seed, 

 and planted it in the fall, covering slightly, on well prepared soil ; 

 but I have never known that one came np. Whether the grass- 

 hoppers destroyed them as fast as they appeared, or whetlier there 

 was a fault in the planting, I do not know. Perhaps some of the 

 club can tell me. I would like a description of the seed of the 

 European larch and the best manner of starting it." 



Mr. W. S. Carpenter. — It has been found almost impossible to 

 grow any of the coniferae in this latitude, owing to the comparatively 

 intense heat of the sun, which kills the young shrubs the first season. 

 There is no trouble after the first season. The mode most likely to 

 succeed is to sow the ground with oats or rye, which will shade the 

 young or tender trees, and protect them from the sun. The Euro- 

 pean larch, however, is a deciduous tree, and these remarks do not 

 apply to it. 



Dr. J. E. Snodgrass showed a few specimens of chinquepin, from 

 Maryland, and Mr. Fuller expressed the opinion that it would not 

 grow north of Kew York city. It is a kind of dwarf chestnut, with 

 one nut in a burr, instead of three. 



Mr. ISTathaniel Pierce, Pawling, Dutchess county, K. Y., sends the 

 club leaves and twigs of a shrub for which he wants a name, descri- 

 bing its berries and leaves, 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — This is the celUs occidentalism or American 

 nettle tree. If it reached any size the wood would be quite valuable 

 for cabinet work, but it grows very slowly, and is of little worth. 



Gypsum. 



Mr. E. L. Holms, Downsville, Delaware county, IT. Y., asks will it 

 pay to use plaster on any kind of land or crop at a cost of twenty or 

 twenty-five dollars per ton, or to use lime in any way on land at a 

 cost of three dollars per barrel ? If not, at what price will either of 

 them, or both, be profitable to use in farming ? 



Mr. Jas. A. Wliitney. — "Where there are dry upland fields which are 

 difiicult of access with heavy loads of barn-yard manure, it will pay to 

 use plaster, even at twenty five dollars a ton. It will not pay to apply 

 lime to land at three dollars a barrel, except in extremely rare cases. 

 The money will be expended to much better advantage in first-class 

 under-draining, and then using a comparatively small quantity of lime 

 on the soil. 



