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8 What do with a bed of lily of the Valley
which does not bloom? Divide the roots
an enrich

9 Have members seen any affects from the
use of Nitrate of soda? John Bentley
thinks it helped his garden decidedly

A complaint was made of the blighting
of rose buds; cause unknown
The beauty of our native ferns was
spoken of and our President described
the ferns covering the rocks on the coast
of the mediterrean

Currants and gooseberry often loose
their leaves from an unknown cause.

The garden! Roses, Roses. A new
one of exquisite beauty, Caroline Lestout
Every bed showed high cultivation
The vegetable garden was very fine
and the marked difference in the
growth of the potatoes planted whole
and those which had been cut, was
pointed out.

Adjourned to
Longwood