At a recent meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Hon. Marshall P. Wilder said that " he had grown melons on the same land for ten years; the ground has a south aspect. He prepares a compost of manure, soil and guano, which he spreads on the land in addition to manuring in the hills. Surface manuring is very important, as the plants root from every joint. He has no trouble with insects; he gets up in the morning before they do. He has grown nearly all the kinds in the catalogues. The Christiana can be grown by any one who can grow melons at all. The White Japan is the earliest and most delicate. The Casaba is vigorous and reliable. The Bay View resembles it strongly."