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the young plants; a cheese-box answers well. The bugs fly over 

 these, and the plant escapes. At least, I have found it so in my own 

 experience, and I know of others who have been equally fortunate. 



Dr. J. "Ware Sylvester — I am happy to be able to confirm this 

 statement. Several years since I had some bottomless boxes made, 

 ten inches square and about a foot high, which, used in the way 

 described, proved an absolute protection. At one time I placed glass 

 in the top, but found this unnecessary. 



Mr. D. B. Bruen — For many seasons my vines were ravaged by this 

 pest, but this year I escaped. I give credit to the bone flour which I 

 placed in the hills at planting time, and on the plants soon after their 

 appearance above ground. 



Dr. Isaac P. Trimble — Our venerable friend should remember that 

 these bugs do not come every summer, and they sometimes pass certain, 

 localities, while they are abundant in others. Possibly this may explain 

 his success this year. 



Dr. J. Y. C. Smith — I recently read somewhere that, by placing 

 a zinc wire and a copper one, of different diameters, about the plant, 

 you protect it from the bugs, which experience a shock when they step 

 from one metal to the other. 



The Chairman — The idea of Dr. Trimble is a good one. About 

 a dozen years ago I bought sixty or seventy old cheese-boxes, kicked 

 the bottoms out, and placed them about the plants for protection from 

 cold and winds. They cost a mere trifle, a cent or two each, and 

 endured at least ten successive seasons. 



Pasteboard in Domestic Buildings. 



Mr. H. A. Leach, Deckertown, N. J., wished " to obtain informa- 

 tion in regard to a substance called building paper, and more particu- 

 larly that kind of building paper termed prepared plastering board, 

 which is said to be a cheap and perfect substitute for lath and plaster, 

 and at less than half their cost." He has doubts as to the utility of 

 the article when used in a kitchen or sitting-room, but how would it 

 answer for bed-rooms, and especially " a spare bed-room ?" 



Prof. Henry E. Colton — The question of using paper in various 

 departments of building admits of much discussion. There can be no 

 doubt but that it may be made valuable for the interior of dwellings 

 as a substitute for laths and plastering. The cleansing operation through 

 which the paper goes destroys any matter which would have a tendency 

 to decay ; hence, it cannot be unhealthy. Painted well, it may be 

 made very ornamental. The substance used is a thick straw paste- 



