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The story flew aboiit the ball like wild fire, and in ten minutes all the 

 demoiselles attending the tables were importunin£r the florist for a spray of 

 "that Boston vine." The next day the New York -florists sent for the 

 Boston man in haste, and all were willing and anxious for some of the 

 Boston vine. One wanted two hundred strings a day for a month ; another 

 a thousand strings a week for the season, and everybody wanted more or 

 less. In a very short time the Boston florist had orders for an immense 

 quantity. He lost no time in tolegi^aphing to his partner in Boston, and 

 in twenty four hours the firm had control of nearly every Smilax in Boston 

 and vicinity. Large shipments were made to New York, and since that 

 time Smilax has been a staple article with the metropolitan florists. 



SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSlOX AT THE NEXT MEETING. 



The Executive Committee have selected the following subjects for 

 consideration at the next meeting, which will be held in the City 

 Hall, Hamilton, on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 18 and 19, 1881. 

 Members are requested to prepare papers on such of these subjects, or 

 indeed upon any other within the scope of the objects of the Associa- 

 tion, as they choose, to be read at the meeting. The following are 

 the subjects indicated by the Committee, viz : — 



First. — What new or little known varieties of apples have been 

 introduced, and which of them promise to be of value ? 



Second. — What new or little known varieties of pears have been 

 introduced, and do any of them give promise of being valuable in our 

 Province ? 



Third. — The best methods of putting up the different fruits for 

 market ? 



Fourth. — The best methods of preserving fruit and vegetables by 

 ■drying ? 



Fifth. — What soil, and what conditions of the surface soil would 

 l)est conduce to the proper development of apple trees ? 



■ Sixth. — The best twenty-four varieties of hardy roses, including 

 'Climbing, summer, hybrid perpetual and moss roses ? 



Seventh. — The best varieties of hardy climbing shrubs ? 

 Eighth. — The best varieties of Clematis, and the best methods of 

 treatment ? 



Ninth. — Are there any Canadian wild flowers worthy of cultivation 

 in our gardens that have not already been introduced ? 



