PROCEEDINGS OF THE FARMERS' CLUB. 97 



the most costly ones that we import were originated from Amer- 

 ican plants, by seedlings. There is a great neglect of our native 

 varieties of flowers, and ornamental trees and shrubs. 



Mr. Moody, of New Jersey, said that the fault was with the 

 nurserymen, who did not use their power to introduce the native 

 varieties. He thought the common black cap raspberry superior 

 for cultivation, on account of its hardiness and other good quali- 

 ties. He contended that nurserymen give character to the plants 

 and flowers that are cultivated, and there is a fashion in what 

 we cultivate as well as in what we wear. 



A VALUABLE LIST OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. 



Mr. Fuller furnished the Club with the following list of orna- 

 mental plants, viz : 



Wiegelia Rosea, Spiraea Reevesii pleno. Spiraea Prunifo- 

 lia pleno, Spiraea Fortunii, Spiraea Douglassii, Calycanthus 

 Pyrus Japonica, Deutzia Scabia. Deutzia Grasselas, Rhus 

 Cotinus, Amygdalis rubra, Philadelphicus Coronarius, Philadel- 

 phicus Sanguinea, Halesia Dipteria, Forsythia Yiridissima, Al- 

 theas, difierent varieties. 



Adjourned. 



HENRY MEIGS, Secretary. 



April 30, 1860. 



Present — 45 members. Mr. R. L. Pell in the chair. 



The Secretary read the following translations and extracts 

 made by him from the journals and papers from abroad and home, 

 received by the Institute since the last meeting : 



INSECTICIDE. 



Mons. Rodiguet gave the details of the insecticide properties 

 of the great Margaret {Chrysanthemum-Cacanthemu7n), white 

 flower Margaret, when used in decoction, to kill insects. 



COFFEE TREE. 



Doctor Montague gave notice that the coffee trees of Ceylon 

 and of the West Indies are attacked by the same oidium, or 

 fungus, or mushroom {Triposporium Gardneri), an insect also. 

 And the insect and fungus act as a double cause on the Olive. 

 The leaves of the Mulberry are also diseased. 



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