TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



American Horticultural Society, 



FOR THE YEAR 1885, 



BEING A REPORT OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING, HEI-D AT 

 NEW ORLEANS, LA., JANUARY 14tH TO 20tH, 1885. 



TOGETHER WITH 



A FULL LIST OF PAPERS READ, WITH ACCOMPANYING DISCUSSIONS; ALSO, LIST OF 

 MEMBERS, ROSTER OF OFFICERS OF HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES, BUSINESS 

 DIRECTORY, AND COMPLETE LIST OF AWARDS IN THE HORTI- 

 CULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE WORLD's INDUSTRIAL 

 EXPOSITION, AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. 



VOL. III. 



By W. H. rag an, Secretary. 



Professor of Horticulture and Superintendent of Parks, De Pauw University, 



Qreencastle , Ind. 



UBRARY 

 NEW Y«RK 

 BOTANICAL 



GARDEN 



INDIANAPOLIS: 



CARLON & HOLLENBECK, PRINTERS AND BINDERS. 



1885. 



