Club Minutes: Horticultural Society, 1880-1891

H/6/1889 -2- 227 Rockland, Hermon, Sharon, Fair Hill, Mrs. Janneys and Mrs. Hartshornes, flowers

After the reading of the minutes, Roger B. Farquhar proposed that the Secretary try to give more explicit descriptions of the specimens, that soc might more readily compare the seasons. The suggestion was then made that if a report could be given and a record kept of the date upon which each vegetable had been first used by members of the Society it would furnish a more accurate index than could be obtained by any other method. It was decided that this plan should be adopted, and the fact that peas had been used for nearly two weeks was noted.

An interesting letters was read from the Acting Entomologist of the Agricultural department with regard to a worm that has proved troublesome at Rockland with Kerosene oil

A helpful suggestion was made for those who wish to keep cut ferns in the house it bing said that if they are immersed in water overnight they will retain their freshness a long time. The reading of "Coal tar as an Insecticide" led to the discussion of various methods of destruction for garden pests. Plaster of Paris impregnated was given as a certain prevention of the stripest bug. The Readers appointed for next meeting were E. [?] Hall and Sarah E. Kirk.

S 29 turkies Rock Spring 120 Chickens 20 ducks 20 turkies 12 Avalon 70 Chickens 15 turkies Rockland 160 Chickens Longwood 20 Chickens 6 turkies Fair Hill 280 Chickens 49 ducks 25 turkies 4 Norwood 100 Chickens 11 turkies Hermon 375 Chickens Edgewood 115 Chickens 10 ducks Sharon 87 Chickens 25 turkies Brooke Grove 6 minks

Questions 1 What causes rose leaves to turn yellow and fall off? Too damp

2 What time should old roses be moved Next fall

3 What kind of hens make good sitters Wyandottes and Plymouth Rocks

4 How can for a Calla lily during the summer? Turn the pot on its side until August, then repot in rich soil

5 How kill striped bug? 1 part Paris Green to 70 of plaster dusted over the vines

6 What is with a bed of Lily of the Valley with Bellflower. Pull up the bed flowers: if that cannot be done remove the lilies

H/6.1889 -4. H/7/1889-1- 229 7 Is it too late to plant sweet potatoes? no

8 What are the best kinds? Southern Queen jersey red and Nansermond

9 What shall be cone about the deayed planting of melons, beans, and a other later vegetables? Plant now

The neatness of the vegetable commented upon by many in our walk while all looked with interest at the new flower garden, the products of which we hope frequently to enjoy in the fortune.

Adjourned to meet at Longwood Mary Magruder Sec. pro tem

Longwood July 2^nd 1889 Thermo. 80' All the families belonging to the Horticulural with the execption of Riverside were represented at this unusually large meeting The guests were Mr. Kate Janney and Children, Mare, Ulric and Sidney Hutton, Margaret Hallowell Hettie Moore, Carrie Gover, Eliza Miller, Mrs. Marian Young, Mr & Mrs. Peck, Prof. & Mrs Warfield, Miss Amy Hutton, Miss Porter, Janie Smith, Nettie Hopkins, Mr. McCulloh (three) and Stabler and Rebecca Miller.

The specimens of vegetables were unusually fine and abundants, but the flower

230 H/7/1889 -2Table showed the effect of the recent & continued rains.

The exhibits were as follows. Rockland, lettuce, cymlius, , beets snap beans onions, New potatoes, carrots, parsnips, salsify & raspberries. Brooke Grove, Beets, Roasting ears. Cucumbers new potatoes, tomatoes, onions & Peas. Longwood, Beets potatoes & onions. Norwood Cymlin, onion, corn, parsnips & salsify Edgewood Raspberries, Cymlings, Onions, new potaoes, beets, snap beans, apples & cabbage Springdale, Cymlings, salsify, yelow wax beans, & Gooseberries Hermon Cabbage, potatoes, snap beans, cucumber, Roasting ears, ripe tomatoes Salsify Rock Spring egg - plant and flowers Alloway Parsnips, cucumbers, salsify. cauliflower, onions, beets, potatoes & flowers Sharon Passion flower Brooke Grove Ripe tomato.

After the reading of the minutes, an attempt was made to act when the sugeesions made last month, but few had [presuved?] the upon which they had first used vegetables We found that onions, snap beans. beets, potatoes, cabbage and cucumbers, were upon the tables of most of our members, while cymblings, corn, and cauliflower were reported in one or two cases, as being ready to use,

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Sarah Kirk read an article on propagating by inserting both ends of a cutting in the soil. Mr Hall's reading prescribes a solution of copper as in water as method for strengthening stems not naturally strong enough to sustain the burden of blossoms . Iron filings were recommended as a beneficial addition to water used for plants.

Questions 1 Should asparagus be allowed to go to seed? General impression that they should Eliza Moore and Roger Farquhar appointed to experiment

2 Is wood ashes good for an asparagus bed? Yes

3 How nearly should Calla lilies die in summer? Entirely; repot in August

4 Is it right to cut asparagus for two months without cessation? Probably not

5 Should small grape vines now in pots, be planted out? Yes

6 Should raspberries be trimmed after bearing? Yes

7 Where keep a Daphne during summer In the yard

8 When trim shrubbery not cut back before? Now

9 Is it true that is two feet high or twenty? Very doubtful wether that affect it.

10 How deal with green worm on cabbage insect powder for a remedy: quick growth pre