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before freezing weather.

2| Do begoias require as much water as other plants? Yes, and good drainag

3| Will it be a good plan to sow pansy seed in a box for winter bloom? This question was not anwered. Once member said the finest pansies she ever saw were sown in the ground in the fall and covered with brush.

A member planted celery with sweet corn which shaded it . Every plant grew when the corn was cut fine manure was put about it.

Will celery gradually having five inches above ground each time.

There was considerable complaint of blight in canteloupe and some other vines. The Secretary was requested to write to the Agricultural College for information as to cause and cure (Secretary remiss E.S.I.)

some failures in raising egg-plants were reported; at some places they were very fine we were told of a lady who always has fine crops and plants them in the same bed every year. the bed is in the shade

A member complained ther her Bartlet pears rotted. Advised to keep in