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as you do corn.

9 Will it do to to cut back a grape vine now
which was moved in the spring? Cut back to fruit

10 When plant out late cabbage plants? In
rich ground plant in July, if poor earlier.

11 Will it do to cut an arbor Vitae hedge
from twenty feet to four or five? No experience

12 How long before pecan and other
nuts will come up when planted in the
spring? Look for them next spring

Dr. Magruder recommends putting
peach stones in a bag of ashes and
burying until they sprout

13 Is there any use in keeping goose
berry bushes after mildew sets in? No

Paris Green was recommended for rose slug
and hot water for rose-bugs. No remedy known
for snap beans when attacked by insects. A visitor
had seen egg plants raised successfully in boxes.

In our walk we found everything to admire
in the gardens. A good promise for
strawberries and all vegetables looked luxuriant
The flower garden and lawn were beautiful
An Evergreen had made a curious growth
which some thought might exhaust it and cause
its death.

After one of the most pleasant of
meetings of our twenty-four summers we
parted with the expectation of meeting
next month at White Hall.