Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-03

MEETING OF THE CINCINNATI HORTICULTURAL
SoCIETY.-The Cincinnati horticultural So
ciety held its regular weekly meeting last
Saturday evening; President William Orange
in the Chair. After the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting had been read and approved,
DR.. ]. A. Warder, as Chairman, read por-
tion of a very valuable, concise and suggest
i've Report Of the Committee on the subject
of Manure, which received the high and
richly-deserved eulogies of the members
present.
Mr.. F. G.. Carey, after expressing his great
qualification with the report, remarked that
manures deserved very much more attention
than they have received, and are receiving,
and said that he considered the use of liquid
manure as very important and too little at
tended to. One great advantage in its appli-
cation is, that it acts much more rapidly than
solid manures. 1t is particularly useful in
the garden in forming stocks and leaves, but
is more difficult in seed-forming nourishment.
Water-tight tanks or cisterns are very de-
sirable. The DRAWINGS should be much di-
luted. Sulphuric acid thrown on from time
to time, will most benefcially arrest the
valuable ammonia.
Mr.. Cranch observed that by the use of
liquid manures there was a great saving of
labor-it was more in a pocket form. He
used guano much weakened, at the rate of
about six hundred pounds to the acre. The
results were with him instantaneous and as
tonishing. If he used solid manure he would
apply it in the fall.
Dr. Warder considered that manures in q
liquid form were much too little used. The
applications should be much diluted. The
great and scientific agriculturist, Mecchi, had
| gone so far as to underlie his farm with pipes
| for this purpose. His success on his land had
| always been great.
Mr.. Reilly proceeded to make some reports
upon the condition of the peach crop with
him. Out of 200 trees, he had 300 actually
| killed by the December sleet and frosts.
These had been completely girdled by the
frost, and the majority of his trees were more
or less injured by it. The effects of the frost
had been generally to girdle from two to
four inches Where there had been live
part or strip from the root, even for half an
inch, the trees will recover, as he had found
from the same effects produced by the worm
He had made bare the roots near the trunks
last fall. This has made no material differ
ence with the frost. He has found that this
has not killed the grub. His land is rolling.
Mr.. j. p. Foote said that he knew from a
reliable source that weak solution of sui
phate of iron had been successful against the
worm.
Mr.. Carey stated that spent tan bark had
been found successful.
The Chair said that he had known chives
or onions act as preventative.
Mr.. Charles Parnel exhibited a stalk of the
Pie-plant raised under barrel, the length of
which was two feet nine inches, beside the
leaf 1t was also of good thickness. 1t
had been treated with liquid manure.
Apples were shown from the market, viz:
Ladies' Sweeting, very delicate, and Swaar,
excellent.
The subject for discussion next Saturday
will be Grating of the Grape
The following gentlemen were reunanimously
elected to membership, viz: Howard Mathews,
proposed by r. Buchanan Moses Palmer, by
+. P. Cranch, and John D. Stillwell and Jas.
Scott, by E. J. Hooper.
Mr.. Sydney Spring of Graysville, White
| County, ILL.,. was unanimously elected cor
responding member. Adjourned.