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roses generally stood the winter about as
usual. Roger Farquhar found the best
way to keep turnips was to cover them
slightly in the garden; put them in a
ridge and cover with a few inches of earth
and they keep sweet and unwilted. Rachel
Gilpin had carrots keep sound and good
out in the ground, which they will not do
in milder winters.

This being the first meeting, it is the
proper time to elect new officers, but the
Society showing no intention of taking advan
-tage of the occasion, the present time-honored
officers gracefully accept the situation
The list of meetings for the ensuing season
includes the following places Riverside,
Fulford, Alloway Hermon, Norwood, & Edge-
wood. The readers were called upon,
Margaret Magruder, who had been appointed
in place of Hannah Brooke, read a paper
on the culture of Fuschia's. She had so
often been asked for her method, having
the finest blooms in the neighborhood
which gave her the idea of writing
"All I know about Fuschias." The second
reader being absent was reappointed
for the next meeting. The readers for next
month M.M. Miller and Annie Brooke.

Margaret Magruder gave a recipe
from Peter Henderson, which must be a good
one for top-dressing pot plants. He
sprinkles the earth with bone dust and covers

H/4/1881 -2-

roses generally stood the winter about as
usual. Roger Farguhar found the best
way to keep turnips was to cover them
slightly in the garden, put them in as
ridge and cover with a few inches of earth
and they keep sweet and unwilted. Rachel
Gilpin had carrots keep sound and good
out-in the ground, which they will not do
in milder winters.
This being the first meeting it is the
proper time to elect new officers but the
Society showing no intention of taking advantage
of the occasion, the present time honored
officers gracefully accept the situation
The list of meetings for the ensuing season
includes the following places Riverside,
Fulford, Alloway Hermon, Norwood, and Edgewood.
The readers were called upon,
Margaret Nagruder, who had been appointed
in place of Hannah Brooke, read a paper
on the culture of Fuschia's She had so
often been asked for her method, having
the finest blooms in the neighborhood
which gave her the idea of writing
"All I know about Fuschias" The second
reader being absent was reappointed
for the next meeting. The readers for next
month M.M. Miller and Annie Brooke.
Margaret Magruder gave a recipe
from Peter Henderson which must be a good
one for top dressing pot plants. He
sprinkles the earth with bone dust and covers