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THE ILLmOIS FAEMER. 



July 



fruit, J. E. Starr recommended that this being 

 the month most abounding in insects, each mem- 

 ber should carry a vial in his pocket and bottle up 

 all new interesting specimens. Had found difficul- 

 ty in killing them, a Cecropian moth wiis not af- 

 fected by chloroform and beat himself to pieces. 

 Dr. Buffington rocomraended Prussic Acid as in- 

 fallible. 



The Committee on Fruits and Synonyms are of 

 the opinion that of the Strawberries exhibited the 

 best varietiee are McAvoy's Superior and Long- 

 worth's Prolific, presented by Dr. Hull ; Hooker's 

 Seedling, presented by J. M. Day ; rank next, 

 being large and fine. The Scarlet Magmite, by 

 Jas. Newman, is excellent. Wilson's Albany, by 

 Dr. Hull, is too well known to require any notice. 

 The Jenny Lind, by Mr. Reihl, is acid and said to 

 be very late. (?) The Iowa and Warner Seedling (?) 

 exhibited by Dr. Hull and the Baltimore Seedling, 

 by Mr. Riehl, were the other varieties exhibited. 



The Whitesmith Gooseberry, by Mr. McNair, is 

 large and free from mildew. Very good. 



The Newtown Pippin, by A. & F. Sturr, and the 

 Gilpin by Mr. Flagg, arc sound and in a good state 

 of preservation. 



The Governor Wood Cherry, is presented by A. 

 k F. Starr ; not quite ripe. Respectfully submit- 

 ted. 



GEO. C. EI8ENMAYEB, Ch'n. 



N. NiLKS, Sec. 



A special committee on wine consisting of 

 Messrs. Eisenmayer, Johnson, Schweppe. J. E. 

 Starr and Judge Niles, reported on two bottles of 

 Catawba of 1S63, exhibited by Dr. E. S. Hull.— 

 "The Committee find this wine to be of good body. 

 It would have been a number one Catawba had it 

 been preserved in a cool cellar. They regard the 

 grape from which it came as of a first rate quality. 

 Respectfully submitted." 



GEO. C. EISENMAYER, Ch'n. 



Eminence, Jersey, June 8. 

 To the Alton Horticultural Society : 



The committee on Trees, Plants and Flowers, in 

 accordance with the instructions given at the May 

 meeting, notified the members of the Society that 

 a Foral Exhibition would be made at the June 

 meeting, at Mr. J. E. Starr's place. Eminence, Jer- 

 sey Co., 111. Bouquets and collections were re- 

 quested. A display highly creditable is the result. 

 Of cultivated varieties, a bouquet No. 1, with the 

 following card attached: "Presented by Mrs. Da- 

 vid E. Brown," contained the greatest variety, and 

 is very elaborately and skillfully constructed. The 

 flowers were contributed from the gardens of Hon. 



Robert Smith, Dr. Marsh, Samuel Wade, Esq., 

 Isaac Scarritt, Esq., Mr. E. P. Wade. Arranged 

 by E. P. Wade. 



A bouquet No 2, by Mrs. H. N. Roberts, of Al- 

 ton, is little inferior in variety to No. 1, while in 

 construction we regard it as equal to the best. 



A bouquet from Dr. Hull's grounds, contained a 

 magnificent Calncanthus, and an Oleander, which 

 was quite rare, and many other choice flowers, 

 which entitle the offerin<i to special mention. 

 ^Mrs. Dimmock presents a beautiful collection 

 roses and pinks in variety. 



Mrs. Newman's bouquet contains the greatest 

 variety of roses. 



Mrs. Frank Starr brought us a large collection 

 of Peonies in variety. 



In originality and exquisite taste, in combina- 

 tion and arrangement, a basket of wild flowers by 

 Mrs. Elli.^, crowns the collection. No one but she 

 who collected and combined the material and made 

 the arrangement, should attempt a minute descrip- 

 tion of this basket. 



A collection of wild flowers, by Mr.. A. H. Dra. 



per, of Alton, bespeaks industry ai:d good taste, 



for which she will please accept the thanks of the 



committee. 



Respectfully submitted, 



MISS ANNA H. ROBBINS. 

 MRS. F. CURTIS, 

 J. E. STARR, 

 S. B. JOHNSON, 

 JAS. NEWMAN. 



The Committee on Vegetabh^s, through Mr. D. 

 E. Brown, Chairman, reported on exhibition a 

 very fine lot of Asparagus from Mr. Tucker, the 

 be?t of the season. 



The Secretary reported bi-monthly reports of 

 March and April, received from the Commissioner 

 of Agriculture, which were distributed among the 

 members. 



J. E. Starr introduced specimens of roots of the 

 Delaware, grown on the grounds at Eminence last 

 season, four feet and over in length. 



GRAPE'PRTTNING AGAIN. 



Mr. Eisenmayer, of Mascoutah, St. Clair county, 

 being called upon, said he had so far modified his 

 practice as to do almost no summer pruning. 

 In spring he leaves the Catawba with two canes 

 and about six eyes to a cane for fruiting. The 

 Concord and Norton, as also Cassady and Taylor's 

 Bullit, will endure twice that amount. Out instead 

 of rubbing off laterals in summer pruning, as re- 

 commended by the books, he permits them to 

 grow at will. The best fruit of the Concord and 

 Norton's Virginia grows on the laterals ; tops the 

 vines with a sickle in August to ripen the wood 

 perfectly. 



