A member answered to-morrow morning at 7 o'clock, which Mr. Burgess endorsed.

Mr. Burgess. - I used to kill toads in my strawberry patch. One day I killed one, and it contained 2 caterpillars, 4 snails, 20 wire-worms, and other insects.

Mr. Fuller. - 1 consider every toad in my garden worth five dollars. They can be tamed. My toads follow me in my garden, they arc so tame.

Mr. Burgess. - Would like to have sparrows; they are good for Dahlias. They catch the larvae about the flowers. Go in for forcing a law to protect these beneficial animals. Prune roots ten feet from body of tree; every year prune them and feed them; put in good rotten manure. Peat is good for a winter top dressing.

Mr. Brophy, - No matter what age the tree is, it needs root-pruning. Why? because it multiplies itself; we find new roots that are necessary to it.

Mr. Fuller. - Root pruning increases the number of roots. The roots are only annuals; they die off. No tree can be lifted out of the ground without destroying the roots. All stone fruits will canker if broken. The strawberry is not generally pruned. I cut back half; they can be set out more easily; they feed better. Strictly, they are not perennials; they are biennials. Most all foreign strawberries produce stools or crowns. Foreigners lift themselves out, and are killed in winter. Strawberries are pistillate and staminate; there is no such thing as a staminate, though we have got a way of calling them so.

Mr. Burgess - The most essential thing is to prune trees with a sharp knife. Do not approve of spades or shears.

Mr. Fuller. - A cultivator is a good thing to use in an orchard.