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Mr. Prince remarked that we repudiate American flowers, far more 

 beautiful than those collected by botanists in the old world and made 

 famous! I have a Caucasian cherry which measures at thei largest one 

 inch and seven-eighths in circumference. He gave his flowers to the ladies 

 of the Club. 



Mr. Fuller showed specimens of seeds, and showed how easy it is to 

 obtain them. Tuke very ripe strawberries, and wash and strain the pulp 

 and dry the seeds. 



WILD FLOWERS FOR TAME ONES. 



B. F. Odell, of Plum Spring, Iowa, offers to send eastward, in exchange 

 for bulbs, roots, cuttings of flowers and ornamental shrubs, plants of the 

 "Dodecatheon Meadia," a pretty, hardy prairie flowering plant, a speci- 

 men of which he forwarded. 



Mr. Prince. — This is one of the most showy, unique plants we have, 

 native of this country. I have four kinds growing in my garden. Thia, 

 and many other American flowers, are superior to many imported varieties. 



THE PROOL CHERRY. 



Mr. Prince showed specimens of this cherry, which wa? first introduced 

 into this country from France, in 1819, but has not yet become extensively 

 known. 



Andrew L. Fuller. — This is a very strong-growing tree. It needs a 

 deal of pruning. The fruit is excellent. The tree does not grow natu- 

 rall}'' a handsome form. 



THE PROVENCE WHITE CURRANT. 



Mr. Pardee called attention to a sample of this currant, presented by 

 Mr. Prince, which several members spoke highly of. Mr. Pardee said 

 that, if he had but one fruit, he would select a currant. 



THE ROSE SLUa. 



Solon Robinson read a communication from Dr. Cyrus Powers, of Mora- 

 via, Cayuga county, N. Y., giving information upon the ravages of tte 

 green rose slug in Central New York. We copy his letter, entitled 



A Plea for fhe Rnsea. 



Let me premise that with us in Central New York this wholesale and 

 sweeping destruction of this most beautiful class of flowers is getting to 

 be a rather serious matter. Our roses are fast becoming extinct. Many 

 extensive amateur cultivators have almost entirely given up the attempt to 

 raise them, and are throwing away their worthless bushes or letting them 

 die as they stand. The owners of nurseries say that the demand for this 

 lucrative branch of their business has well-nigh ceased; and no wonder 

 that this is so, when the truth is that, with all our care in selecting and 

 growing choice varieties — to say nothing of the expense of purchasing 

 them — for the last three or four years, we have only succeeded in growing 

 an enormous crop of worms. 



