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until wc g-et people to think and act, and then we shall have our roads 

 beautified and rendered beneficial. 



Mr. Adrian Bergen. — I am pleased with the law passed by our Legisla- 

 ture; it is a good one, and begins to have an eifect! It needs all the united 

 force of all good men to teach the lawless to respect it. Then we may be 

 able to grow trees, though there is another danger. I once planted a dozen 

 trees along the road, and they were stolen the first night. We need a 

 strong law to protect trees and fruit from depredators. 



Prof Mapes. — It is common in Germany to line the road with trees, and 

 a portion of them the owner marks by a white cord for his own use, and 

 travelers never molest them. I hope the plan will be carried out in this 

 country by means of planting associations, and as ornaments and improve- 

 ments much needed upon our highways. 



Prof. Nash. — We cannot protect fruit on the roads nor in orchards by 

 law; it must be by public opinion. In this country, if the roads were well 

 set with fruit trees, we might give half to the public, and then all the land- 

 less would have a share, and land-owners should bless God that they 

 could give that class a little fruit. But if owners got none from the roads, 

 it would be much better to have them set with trees than to be left in their 

 present wretched condition. Thirty years ago the people of Northampton, 

 Mass., formed a Fruit Protection Society, which has had the effect of pro- 

 ducing a public sentiment opposed to all fruit stealing. 



Mr. Wm. R. Prince. — I like this plan of planting trees along highways. 

 Let us continue to agitate the subject until we get people to think and talk 

 about it. What vast quantities our roadsides would give to the poor. 



Mr. Wm. Lawton recommended forming planting associations, particu- 

 larly in villages. 



The Chairman stated that the village of Clifton, N. Y., raised a fund by 

 subscription, and planted the roadsides with fruit trees, which add much to 

 the beauty of the place and value of the land, indepent of the annual sup- 

 ply of fruit. 



Mr, Carpenter thought it would be easier for villages to carry out this 

 idea of planting roadsides than for farmers in the country. If the cattle 

 law is rigidly enforced, we shall soon find that trees will be planted. 



Strawberries and Cherries. 

 Mr. Geo. Clapp, Auburn, N. Y., exhibited some of Russell's beautiful 

 seedling strawberry; and Mr. Wm. R. Prince exhibited two new and rare 

 varieties of Hautbois, whose color is always a dull, brownish red, but of 

 the most exquisite flavor, and which have, in consequence, acquired the 

 title in France of La Fraise des vrai Amateurs. The other was a distinct 

 species — Fragaria Collina, or green pine-apple, a native of the Alps. Its 

 color is a dull green and red, but the flavor is delicious. These are rare 

 novelties, and have never been before exhibited by any one. Mr. Prince 

 also exhibited some large, fine looking cherries, the flesh of which was very 

 firm. ^ 



fuller's seedling strawberries. 



The committee appointed to examine Mr. Fuller's seedling strawberries, 

 submit the following report: 



