The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-18
State of Rhode Island,


Providence, Aug. Z. 1897.
Messrs Farquhar Macrae president; James
r. Canning. vice presidents; William III.
Mason, secretary A. M Rennie, treasurer;
Gentlemen-I am i'm receipt OF your very
courteous invitation 10 bc present August II.
IL, 10 ana %. and address the members OF the
ing, August II. desire 10 express my thanks
for the courtesy extended TO me and my SIN
cere regrets that my absence from the state
during That week prevents me from accepting
the same.
In your letter Of the ith inst conveying the
invitation 10 me you are kind enough 10
thank me for the courtesios and good will by
me toward your society"
Will you permit me 20 say here that think
the people Of the United STATES have debt OF
gratitude TO pay 60 the florists and gardeners
OF the country which they do not realize.
Year 10y year, keeping pace with the mag
niiicent DEVELOPMENT or the country in archi-
lecture and arts your craftsmen have made
the lawns and grounds of those whom fortune
has favored beautiful as the gardens Of the
gods and carried 60 the poor and the sick the
beauty of the lily and the fragrance of the
rose.
Wishing that every Success may attend tho
meetings OF the society in this city, am very
ELISHA DYER.
Governor OF Rhode Island.
Then came selections by the orchestra,
vocal selections by the Union Veteran
quartet. and solos by Flora Bachclder
Snow. All three Of the latter selections
were finely rendered and were received
with great favor. The selections were
Eternity, " Jerusalem" and What
Might Have Been Can Never BE. The
latter. new composition by Joseph
Sharples, Jr., was sung for the first time
last evening.
Ice cream and cake followed the concert
program and then came about en- hour of
pleasant dancing.
In the dance, handsome women and gay,
ts.aA et.s. Il .s.ts. f...
the choicest OF cnnnas lost its charm as
visitors watched beauty and grace glide to
the pleasant measures of tho waltz.
The AFTERNOON ENTER
TAINMENT.
The ladies' connected with tho local as
sociation and Secretary William r.. Ma
son have charge OF tho social entertain
ment of tho ladies and they hogan their
duties i'm style that could not be exccll-
cd yesterday afternoon. The gentlemen
who had not been pressed into service AS
judges took part In yesterday afternoon s
pleasures.
An who took barges ana made the
pleasant trip yesterday sighed most for
tho lotus plant, for { oy wished IL always
afternoon, such an afternoon as that one.
swan Point cemetery was visited and its
beautifully laid out grounds were shown
under the direction of superintendent
Timothy Mccarthy.
Attcr this henutiful city of tho dead
had been admired, tho visitors woru enter
tainod at "A PAVILION in the suporinten-
cents grounds, delicious collation. be-
ing served fy Pllinghast
The Dexter Asylum ana other beautiful
places on the east side were visited and
tho party reached tho Narragansett Hotel
about q o'clock.
ROOT CALLS OF PLANTS.
The first pnrer read at today's session
| was on root gals OF cultivated ulants hy
| Prof. Byron ID. Hnlstead of the Exueri
ment Station at New brunswick, \. j.
An abstract ot this address isas follows
Calls, that Is unusual malformutions o
| small portions OF "a plant, occur up0I
\ leaves, stems and roots, and may be in
| duccd by insects or other animals, fungi
etc. The time limits of this paper will no
| permit even the briefest outline OF the
various forms OF gals OF leaves or stems
and the subject assigned me is at onct
| taken In hand.
| Root gals are manv and equally variou
| as 20 thsir origin. a cabbage or turnil
| plant for example. Is making a dealt
| struggle and upon removing It's root
from the ground they are found nal
| formed beyund what tho Imagination
would picture. The English truckers cal
it finger and t0os' ia an attempt tu des
crihe iu the naiBc the strange combination
| OF roots. We called 10 "clubrOOt' o
"clump foot. but by whatever name 10 d
known tho fact remains that the root sys
tenn has boon wonderfully malfnrmc,
and instead OF the ordinary Uhrous ruot
there arc multitude of ili snApet
nodGles strung together.
x MINUTE TCNGCS.
This CALLING OF tho turnip, cabbage an,
| allied plants IL due 20 "A minute fuugJ