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damp weather and at critical periods a little charcoal is used. 

 When winter comes, the tobacco is sweated, sorted, graded by ex- 

 perts, and packed for shipment. It brings over a dollar a pound. 



The tobacco growing district of Connecticut is limited to the 

 valley of the Connecticut River and other localities at least 

 twenty miles from the ocean where the soil is light and rich in 

 organic matter. A great deal of fertilizer is necessary. The seed- 

 beds must be sterilized with great care and the best seed used. 

 After a certain number of crops, the land must be rested and re- 

 newed by growing other crops upon it. 



On Thursday evening Dr. Olive, Professor Sinnott, and the 

 writer were the guests of Dr. Clinton, who planned the meetings 

 and did so much to make them a success. The following list of 

 botanists in attendance was furnished by him. 



Prof. A. W. Evans and Dr. H. N. Whitford, of Yale, and Dr. A. H. Graves, 

 formerly of Yale. 



Dr. E. W. Olive, of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 

 Professors E. W. Sinnott and G. S. Torrey, of Storrs. 



Professors A. V. Osmun and W. S. Krout, and Dr. G. H. Chapman, of the 

 Amherst Agricultural College. 



Prof. W. J. Morse, of the Maine Experiment Station. 



Prof. O. R. Butler, of the New Hampshire Experiment Station. 



Prof. M. F. Barrus, of the Cornell Experiment Station. 



Dr. W. A. Murrill, of the New York Botanical Garden. 



Dr. G. R. Lyman, of the Disease Survey, B. A. Porter, of the Entomological 

 Division, and E. E. Clayton, of the Tobacco Work, of the U. S. Dept. of 

 Agriculture. 



Dr. Grace Clapp, of Smith College. 



Dr. Florence A. McCormick, E. M. Stoddard, and G. P. Clinton, of the 

 Connecticut Experiment Station. 



New York Botanical Garden. 



