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"A Troublesome Comfort" appears at page of the said volume,
and consists of seven stanzas in praise of the telephone
(in 1902). A discussion ensued as to the identity
of the author. It was agreed by the participants that the
initials were those of Llewellyn J. Massey and not of
Luellgn J. Miller as some might have supposed.

The assistant secretary read the list of the exhibits
brought to this meeting. Special mention should be made
of the list of items brought by Herb and Betsy Kinney, of
which there were 29 or 30 individual items. Betsy expertly
identified and described substantially every single
one of them. The secretary regrets that she cannot begin
to report Betsy's talk.

A list of all the exhibits will
be attached to these minutes.

Jennie Canby has a phlox plant which something
is cutting or eating. She asked if any one had an idea
what was doing this. The best answer seemed to be that it
could be rabbits.

Jim Seiler saw a brown animal in the Goff meadow which
in moving around scared a horse. He said it was reddish
brown and asked was it a weasel or a mink? The best answer
seemed to be that it was probably a mink.

The Seilers asked a question regarding a disease
in their boxwood. It was suggested that they talk with
Rose and Claire Hutton about this. With respect to fungus
on boxwood spraying with Bordeaux mixture was recommended
plus a clean-out of boxwood plants ( which prompted the
comment from several persons that there were yellow
jackets everywhere ).

Horticultural adjourned to meet at Clifton with the Bullards on October 5.

Respectfully submitted,
Lucy Manning, Secretary.
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