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on each side into the primary veins, and forming a 

 band around the stem at every node. Native ot 

 Amboyna. Cultivated in the Leyden Garden. — 

 iVeerZ. Plant. 



Pavetta Hookeri. — Cinchonaceee. This is the 

 Ixora odorata of Sir W. Hooker ( Bot Mag. , t. 

 4191), and is considered by Prof. Ode ans as inad- 

 missable to the genus Ixora. — Neerl. Plant. 



Platycodon autumnalis. — Campanulacese. Of 

 this beautiful hardy perennial, called by Dr. Lind- 

 j ley P. sinensis and P. grandiflorus. Dr. Oudemans 

 i figures in the plate quoted, four distinct varieties, 

 I namely, the single and the double (hose-in-hose) 

 ; form of each color, blue and white. They are all 

 j equally worthy of cultivation in every garden. — 

 \ Neerl Plant. 



^mnXix Infplgpnrp. 



Discussions on Cherries, at the 8t. Louis 

 HoRT. Society. — Bauman's May— Dunlap moved 

 it to be stricken from the list for Central Illinois. 

 It is tender and useless for us. It was stricken out. 



Belle Magnifique. — Dunlap moved to strike it out 

 for market in Central Illinois. It is tender. 



Phoenix. — It is a sure and reliable bearer and 

 hardy tree — the best for Central Illinois. 



Dunlap. — I will give Mr. Phoenix $25 for every 

 bushel he will bring me of this fruit grown in Cen- 

 tral Illinois. 



It was stricken from the list for market purposes, 

 and remains recomended for family use. 



Judge Brown of Villa Bidge, moved that all the 

 cherries recommended for Southern Illinois be struck 

 from the list, except the Early May. 



This was opposed by Mr. Flagg and Mr. Colman. 

 The May Duke and Black Tartarian do well in the 

 vicinity of Alton, which is in Southern Illinois. 

 The cherry does well on our hill lands. The 

 Early Richmond is incomparable as a market fruit. 

 But there are other cherries wo cannot do without. 



Dunlap. — Except on the loose soil, the cherry 

 does not do well, except two or three varieties. The 

 Early May and the large English Morello do well in 

 Central Illinois. 



Flagg. — Mr. Mudd says he has Black Tartarian 

 cherry near St. Louis that have produced a bushel 

 to the tree the past season. 



Brown. — Trees planted with us generally die 

 before they get ready to bear. They blossom fine- 



ly, but there is no fruit if they do reach the bear- 

 ing age. 



Mudd. — I have sixteen varieties about my house. 

 I have Black Tartarian planted five years ago that 

 bore me a bushel of cherries each the past season. 

 Orchard is not on as good soil as the cherry or- 

 chards at Alton. I have lost but tour or five 

 trees from it. 



Colman— Moved to amend by striking out all 

 except the Black Tartarian, May Duke and Early 

 May. 



The amendment was carried. 



Judge Brown moved to add the large English 

 Morello to the list for Southern Illinois. Carried. 



Dunlap. — Moved to change the name of the cher- 

 ry known as Kentish and Early Eichmond to Early 

 May. He asked Dr. Warder how it would appear 

 in the new fruit book. Dr. Warder rephed it would 

 appear as Early May. 



Voted to call it Early May. 



It was moved to add Large English Morello to 

 the list for the North, It is an excellent cherry for 

 cooking, is a month later than the Early May. It 

 was added. 



Ellsworth. — Moved that the May Duke be struck 

 from the list for Northern Illinois. It does not pro- 

 duce well at all. 



Mr. Edwards of Bureau county. — It bears well 

 with me once in three or four years, and I should 

 hate to see it struck from the list for family use. 



Dr. Warder. — It bears well on the Morello stock. 

 Not on the Mazzard. 



Minier. — It does well with us on the Morello 

 stock. We cannot do without it. 



It was voted to strike it from the list. 



On the Consumption of Force by Plants in 

 OVERCOMING GRAVITATION. — Every one interested 

 in Horticulture knows how uncertain is the success- 

 ful cultivation of the grape in the United States. 

 The vines usually flourish well for a few years, but 

 in most instances become the prey of numerous 

 diseases before they attain any very great age. 



In remarkable contrast with this general failure 

 is the fact that grape vines growing over trees are 

 generally healthy and fruitful to a remart^able ex- 

 tent. Branches from unhealthy vines on trellise , 

 when they can get to ramble over the twiggy 

 brar.ches of a ne ghboring tree, resume the health 

 and vigor lost by the parent or main vine. 



These facts have had numerous observers, and 

 are generally admitted. They i ave been frequently 

 discussed in Hortic 1 urai journals; but every the 

 ory hit. erto brought forward has been reluted. For 



