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ludjjcd; harvested last harvest- forty bushels of wheat per acre. This lot 

 was in a worse condition than the other, as it would grow nothing but 

 grass. You can judge whether draining pays when I tell you I got $2 

 per bushel. 



" Tin's lot cost 874 in labor, saying nothing about the timber. It will 

 take about one large tree and four or five cuts off another to drain three 

 and a half acres. I cut the timber two by four inches, lay one on each 

 side, and cover with a piece of the heart; if I have not enough of hearts I 

 split some a little wider. I am satisfied that the extra produce of this lot 

 on any one crnp has paid for the draining. 



Adjourned. ^ John W. Chambers, Secretary. 



February 14, 1865. 

 Mr. Nathan C. Ely in the cliair. 



Distribution of Flower Seeds. 



The Secretary, J. W. Chambers, reports that since the first notice that 

 Mr. Prince had sent in some flower seeds for gratuitous distribution to any 

 lady who would send a paid envelope addressed to herself, he has received 

 about three thousand letters — five hundred of them during the last week, 

 and he has returned many and will others as soon as possible, until the 

 supply of seeds is exhausted. Several persons have sent seeds for others, 

 with their application, thus creating a pleasant exchange. Mr. Prince has 

 also sent a few more of the following kinds: 



Laburnum, or Golden Chain, a beautiful flowering tree. 



Hibi.scu.s Sy7-iacus, Rose of Sharon, a flowering slirub. 



Bignoniafiava, Golden Trumpet Flower, a climbing shrub. 



Perennial Axter. 



Bignonia Frincei, a new seedling, alluded to in our last report. 



Mr. Solon Robinson read several letters from ladies asking for these seeds. 

 The first is from Mrs. 0. P. Gates, Morrisville, Vt. She says: 



" I am a widow; my only sou is in the army, and my only daughter died 

 a little more than a year ago, leaving me quite alone. 



" I have a few house plants, arid if you will please send me a few flower 

 seeds that I can cultivate in my yard another summer, it will cause many 

 a lonely hour to pass pleasantly." 



The next is from Mary Cordelia Atkens, Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, 

 written neatly, and you vshall say whether it does not touch a cord deep 

 down in your heart. Mary says : 



"I am a little girl, nine years old. I love flowers very much; but Pa 

 lias been in the army nearly four years, so we cannot have many flowers. 

 Ma says if you will send me a few flower seeds, that she will let me have 

 a bed in the garden, and when she hires a man to make the garden, she 

 will get him to help me with my flowers. I would like a white lily very 

 much, if you can send me a root." 



Mary Jane Dean, Pultney, New York, asking for some of the flower seeds, 

 says: " If you will please send me some of what you have, or such as you 

 may hereafter get, they will be thankfully received, and I will try andcul- 



