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same height. The following year he cut again but at the height of six 
inches. By this method he obtained a perfect mat of branches near the 
ground where they were needed, five feet across and about twenty inches 
high, which formed a complete protection in itself. Less trimming would 
be required during the succeeding years, but bold cutting as above must be 
resorted to if an impenetrable thicket close to the ground would be secured. 
Frequently hedges were found, as it were, upside down, thick and bushy above, 
but wide gaps below through which a hog might creep, the branches having 
disappeared. The Maclura was of easy propagation and rapid growth. It 
did not sucker and could be plowed as near as you could coax your horses. 
The vertical shoots would run up the first year to a height of from four to 
ten feet. The plan of wattling or interweaving the branches had been tried, 
in order to produce an impenetrable wall and save ground. This had been 
attempted four years ago at the Cincinnati cemetery, and had not succeeded. 
He could now get his leg through and the hedge was getting worse. The 
Maclura hedge, treated as he proposed, was a good thing for railroads, and 
could be set and kept trimmed for three years, at about seventy -five cents 
a rod. The Railroad Company paying for the ploughing. 
The chair stated that an Osage Orange tree, planted in the vicinity of 
the city by his father, fifty years ago, was still growing luxuriantly. He 
doubted if the plants were trimmed as proposed they would live that long. 
Dr. Kennedy called attention to some beautiful and exact engravings of 
insects injurious to vegetation, made by Mr. R. D. Glover, now of Washing- 
ton city. 
Dr. Elwyn requested members to examine some faithful oil paintings of 
horses and cattle from life by Mr. Clarkson, an excellent artist in that line 
in this city. These paintings had been politely sent to the room for inspec- 
tion. 
Adjourned. 
PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The stated meeting of the Society occurred on Tuesday evening, at Con- 
cert Hall, and gave general satisfaction. For the future, all the monthly 
meetings will be held in this Saloon. The President in the chair. The 
display was very good — collections from four green houses were shown. 
In Mr. Buist's there were several new and interesting plants — the Ben- 
drohium WalUcJianum, Azalea Iveryana and Geranium Snow Ball^ a 
