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and taking but little room. Compared with
other sorts, Samuel Hopkins says apples
keep remarkably well placed in barrels in
oats and do not hurt the oats.
all our members had done some gardening.
Hot beds were planted, at some places
peas were up and hardy vegetables planted
Some prefer planting Lima beans in a square
instad of long rows.

The specimens were very good, especially of
house plants, Rock Spring. parsnips, carrots, kale,
lettuce and peas 2 in. high. Hermon flowers and tomato plant
Rockland flowers. Alloway pot of tulips, cactus blossoms
and lettuce; Cloverley flowers; Brooke Grove flowers
cabbage and salsify. Longwood flowers, radish, cabbage
and tomato plants. Avalon flowers and tomato
plant 10 inches high Riverside flowers
onions lettuce
and a lemon, Falling Green flowers and tomato
plant 6 in. high The Cedars flowers and tomato plant
showing the effect of trimming in, to make it stock
Kate Hanney brought flowers. Corrie Brooke brought
Madeira roots for distribution. Ellen Farquhar brought
Caladium roots and geranium cuttings for
distribution. The snow of two days before this
meeting put a stop to gardening so we deferred
our investigation outside, to another
meting. After a delightful reunion we
adjourned to meet at Cloverlea in May