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H/5/1892-3-

We were informed that Mrs. Haviland of Leawood
Mills cures her chickens with tobacco
smoke.

1st Reader Warwick P. Miller was absent
2nd Reader Sarah E, Kirk. appointed her Mother
in her place. She gave an interesting
article on the Rose gardens of France
and the Lavender plantations of England.
Acres of these and other flowers
being praised for the manufacture of
growth in plants. Volunteer articles
M. W. Kirk read of the Cow-tree which
gives milk, so called, to many people and
of the stinging tree of Australia. Its height
is from a few inches to 10 feet and men
or animals who touch it suffer great agony
E.S. Iddings read poem from Current
Literature. Henry Hallowell told of an Evergreen
tree on Mt Washington which
grows six inches high with branches
10 to 15 ft. long. It is kept flat to
the ground in this way by the strong
winds which privail at all seasons
on this mountain.

Questions.

1 After a rest of three years would