ADJOURNED MEETINGS. 



President Earle's Parlors, 



Monday, January 19, 8 p. :m. 



President Earle called the meeting to order, and introduced Mr. 

 Kellogg, of AVisconsin, who read his paper as follows: 



SUCCESS AND FAILURE. 



RY GEO. .1. KELLOGG, OF WISCONSIN. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen — Failure in horticultural pur- 

 suits is nearly always the first step to success; faiUire the rule, success the 

 exception. 



Let j'our mind's eye go back in your own experience ; scan closely the 

 ventures, experiments, and investments of time and money, and how much 

 of it has paid ? Would not the same eftbrts put forth in almost any other 

 calling have given affluence where you have only gained a competence ? 



Such has been my observation, except in certain classes of horticultural 

 products, illustrated by those firms who are sending out millions of plants, 

 trees, etc., to bless the land, but more particularly their own pockets. 



The great causes of failure to the fruit grower are the want of adaptation 

 of varieties to soil, climate, elevation, site, proper cultivation, remedies for 

 insect depredation, proper handling of fruits, and often the lack of a good 

 market. 



Suppose a young man goes West, and plants a thousand Greenings and 

 other choice favorites on alluvial soil ? You know the result; some of you 

 have been there After a failure of twenty years' experience, and having 

 studied the horticulture of the State, suppose he plants one thousand tree^^ 

 on the most approved site, soil, and location, of such varieties as are recom- 

 mended by its State Horticultural Society. After the winters of 1856, 1864, 

 1873, 1882, and 1S83, what has he left? Better by far had he been raising 

 white beans all these thirty years. 



