Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-26
Degeneration Of Fruits and Vegetables.

DEBATE AT THE MEETING OF THE HORTICUITU-
RAJ. SOCIETY.
The District of Columbia Horticultural Society
met at German hall last eyening-Mr John Saul
presiding and W. Gillngham secretary W. S.
Buchly was elected a member Mr.. J. T. G..
Clark, from the executive committee reported
on the proposed exhibition that they had ar
ranged to hold it on the 4th. 9Th. 9th and 18th of
October at the Masonic Temple. and that the
list OF prizes would be ready by the first of the
month. with the schedule of committees. &C.
a suggestion was made that the society take
part in an excursion. and there was some de-
bate in which Mr.. Clark said that horticulture
and dancing did not go well together. and the
subject was dropped.
Mr.. VIM. Saunders suggested that in place of
essays series of queries be proposed and
answered. He said that there was at this time
great want of water-of rain-and the corn
and grasses were burning up. Failures in
agriculture and horticulture We're from too little
rain or too much rain. and in some parts Of the
country the people resOrted to irrigation as in
Colorado; 1t was important there that the
ground should be in condition to receive air and
moisture. and he, therefore, favored deep plow-
ing.
DIR: Norris approved the suggestions as to
queries and answers, and asked ''why have
we so few fine favored cantelOupes?-why do we
have them tasting of the pumpkin, the potato.
&c?" p'o'
Mr.. Saunders replied that canteloupes were
Certainly degenerating and it was only nv
selecting good seed that the integrity of the
Irult could be kept up. He instanced one man
VINO sells canteloupes at 25 cents, while others
get but to 10, because he selects only the best
seed. SO it was with Lima beans The common
practice is to let the seed run out, and then
blame the land. 1t is best always to plant the
best seed.
Mr.. Saul cited the Hunter melon, introduced
some 40 years ago from Persia. first grown here
Dy MI Hunter, of the State department Mr..
VIM Cammack took hold OF it and it improved,
but, with Others. it finally degenerated.
Other speakers followed on this subject. and
DR.. Norris congratulated the meeting on the
success in departing from the formal ESSAY
Mr. Needham had fine collection of grapes
Mr.. W. Gillingham apples, and Mrs. Mute and
Mr.. Fowler flowers and plants on exhibition.
MRS LOCKWOOD PRACTICES on A TRICYCLE.
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood. the well-known female
lawyer. and prominent in the woman suffrage
movement, also essays to become the foremost
female trfcyclist of the land. With that end in
view she has provided herself with handsome
sllver-mOunted, three wheeled velOcpede. which
she hopes to master in time few evenings
since, leaving her law books and clients behi nd
her she went to the City Hall park to do some
pedal work and gracefully glide over the smooth
walks she was neatly dressed in tight fitting
Oodice, velvet skirt and shapely CATERS but did
not show on to as much advantage as she wOnId
nave zone II she had got ''the hang of the thing "
seated on the machine, with both hands grasp-
ing the steering gear and her feet on the
the the Wheels apparatus at she essayed to start
le i came down at once, and of course that par
aiyZed the machine which is accustomed to aItar
nate action OF its riders lower limbs Shecarefnjiv
s s,,a tne dinerent parts of the apparatus to
ma out what allied it, and again essayed tn start
with the aid of her hands on the rims of the
whee!s, but as soon as she ATTEMPTED to nse har
leet they again persisted in coming up and going
uoMm eOsetner' and the former unpleasant ex.
perience was repeated. She then let 90 tho
steering handles, and the vehicle went frct
backwards and then sideways crab fashion and
In attempting to right it and herself she tonniad
over; She thereupon suspended her exercises
for the time, and friendly colored man com;ne,
along was enlisted in her aid, and the 1erv nns
tanned steel horse was safely housed. Mrs.
Lockwood is not easily discouraged. however
and has been out since, doing better each time:
so that it is pretty safe to say that she will soon
be an expert and graceful rider.
WHERE TO OBTAIN TICKETS OF ADMISSION TO
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLs.-Only pupils present at
the closing days in June can enter the public
schools in September without tickets. All others
must secure seats of the supervising principals
Mr.. Copp, at the Franklin building, 18th and X
streets northwest; Mr.. Gage, at the Seaton
building, l street, between I'd and Sd streets
northwest; Mr.. Stuart, at the Wallach building,
9Th street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast,
and Mr.. Thompson, at the Jefferson building,
Virginia avenue and 9th street southwest. In
Washington, and Mr.. Janney, at the Curtis
building, in West Washington The hours for
issuing tickets are from to 10 a. m. and from s
to p. m. every day next week.
The PROPRIETORs Of Lower Cedar Point win
continue to run the steamer John w. Thomp-
son daily until the middle Of September
Parties wishing to make arrangements for ex-
cursions for September should call without