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care of? No, only about 1 out of 100
turns out good.

2 What causes cymling vines to die sud
denly after appearing healthy?
Supposed it may be a worm in the
stem. Sometimes it can be removed and the
plant recover.

3 Lima beans are reported as doing
well generally and it is recommended to
nip the ends of the vines.

Richard Bentley gave a description
of a trellis for tomatoes which many
of our members hope to try next year
it being cheap, easy to handle, and
durable. Robert Moore has tried
training a tomato vine to a bean
pole; it is now six feet high but
is not bearing. Egg-plants fail with
some persons in spite of great atten
-tion. Perhaps killed with kindness. There
is a general complaint of their being
late and some failures.

Those who have tried D. M. Fer
-ry's seed, are disappointed in them
this year, except where bought at
head quarters.

The vote for an Exhibition at
the Lyceum was taken, and resulted
in 24 for to 5 against it. The time
fixed upon, the 13th of September and
our President reminded us of the im
portance of each one's doing his part