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for watering' your garden. Such water is particularly fertilizing and rer 

 freshing to the flower bed. 



Hardy Flowers. 



Among the most valuable flowers in a garden is a class that when once 

 placed in the ground will remain, and, with good cultivation, will spring 

 tip every yonr aiid flower with great profusion. Tliey are the Dielytra, 

 Pompone and large Chrysanthemums, Hardy Phloxes, Peonies in variety, 

 Japan and other varieties of Lillies, Double Holyhocks, &c. The following 

 hard}' perennials may be raised from seed, and the newest and best varie- 

 ties arc very desirable, viz: Sweet Williams, Hardy Pinks, Snap Dragons, 

 Pansies. For a few annuals we would select the best varieties of Asters, 

 Balsams, Amaranthus, Clarkias, Tom Tliumb, Nasturtiumj Portulaccas, 

 Double Ziunias, Phlox Drummondi, Linuni and Lupins, Everlasting flowers 

 in variety, Larkspurs, Sweet Alj^ssum, Canai'y Bird Flower and C3'prus 

 "Vine. For the florist's catalogues you may add to this list from time to 

 time, provided you will cultivate them as they should be. If possible, ob- 

 tain from the florist every Spring a few plants of Verbenas, Petunias, 

 Geraniums and Lantanas, Fuchsias, &c. 



If you want a few hardy shrubs, of course jon will get the spireas in 

 variety, Wigelia Rosea, Forsythia, Deutzia, Altheas, Rhododendrons, Ma^ 

 honia, Japan Quince, Lilacs, Honeysuckles, Venetian Sumac and Hardy 

 Azalea. 



For desirable roses I name the following: La Reine, Baron Grosse, Mad- 

 ame Laffay, Caroline de JSansal, Lord Raglan, Madame Pladue aimee, 

 Blanche Vibert, Persian Yellow, Gloire di Dizon, Souvenir de Malmaison, 

 Devoniensis, Queen of the Prairies, Baltimore Belle, Solfataire, Prince 

 Albert. 



On motion of Prof. Tillman, it was 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Club be presented to Mr. Pardee for the 

 report on the letters referred to him and for his interesting paper on the cul- 

 tivation of flowers. 



Rabbits — To Prevent Gnawing Fruit Trees. 



Mr. L. R. Noyes, Linn county, Iowa, recommends as the cheapest and 

 best protection against rabbits, to peel sections of forest trees of suitable 

 size, and take off pieces of bark around the body without breaking, some 

 two or three feet long, and place one of these around each apple tree in dan- 

 ger of being gnawed by rabbits. These bark shields should be taken off in 

 spring and stowed for future use, and will thus last for years. 



Mr. Suel Foster, Muscatine, Iowa, says: "Let me repeat it, for my neigh' 

 bor says several of his fine young apple trees have been ruined lately by 

 the rabbits gnawing them: Take thick lime whitewash and thin it with 

 strong tobacco juice. A bucket full will serve 200 trees, and a man can 

 make it and put it on in half a day. It is effectual for I have tried it." 



Mrs. C. A. E. Brown, Lawrenceville, Tioga county, Penn., gives in detail 

 her experience in protecting trees from rabbits and mice with circles of 

 bark. Besides the advantage of protection from rabbits, she found another 

 important one. She says: "The first year I placed the barks around the 



