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11. Snowy owl. 



12. Hawk owl— (?). 



13. Great northern diver or loon. 



14. Red-throated diver. 



15. Crested grebe. 



16. Red-necked grebe. 



17. Goshawk. 



IS. Rough-legged hawk. 



The following list of ducks, cormorants, gulls, and terns will probably be found 

 occupying the open waters of the great lakes in winter: 



19. Golden eye— (?). 



20. Barrow's golden eye— (?). 



21. Harlequin duck— (?). 



22. Old wife— (?). 



23. Labrador duck— (?). 



24. American black scoter— (?). 



25. Velvet scoter— (?). 



26. Surf duck— (?). 



27. Common cormorant. 



2S. Double-crested cormorant. 



29. Pomarine jaeger — (?). 



30. Glaucus gull— (?). 



31. White-winged gull— (?). 



32. Great black-backed gull— ( ?). 



33. Herring gull— (?). 



34. Ring-billed gull— (?). 



35. Caspian tern — (?). 



36. Arctic tern— (?). 



After listening to some stirring music the convention adjourned for the day. 



Tuesday Morning Session. 



The meeting was called to order quite promptly at 9 o'clock. Prayer was 

 offered by Rev. Dr. Lockwood, followed with music by Mr. Nathan White and 

 family. 



The secretary read a communication from Secretary Ragan, of the Indiana 

 Horticultural Society, regretting the illness of the delegate from his society, 

 and extending a cordial invitation to the Michigan Horticultural Society to 

 have a delegation at their annual meeting, to be held in Orawfordsville, De- 

 cember 21, 22 and 23. 



A request was read from Secretary Tracy, of the Mississippi Valley Horti- 

 cultural Society, that we elect the vice-president of that society from Michigan 

 as provided for in a clause of their articles of association. 



After considerable discussion, in which Dr. Warder, S. L. Fuller and others 

 spoke of the work and standing of the society mentioned, the matter of ap- 

 pointment was referred to the executive board. 



Dr. John A. Warder, President of the Ohio Horticultural Society, gave the 

 first paper of the morning upon the topic: 



LANDSCAPE-GARDENING FOR THE CEMETERY. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : The printed announcement 

 of this paper by your worthy secretary is perhaps somewhat unfortunate for 

 the reader, as it may have induced you to expect more than you will receive at 

 his hands. It may have led you to look forward in the pleasing but delusive 

 expectation of meeting upon this occasion that vara avis, that phenomenal 

 prodigy, seldom seen, in our country at least — the true landscape-gardener. 

 Is it, indeed, so rare, you may ask, in surprise. Yes, my friends, the assertion 

 is confidently made, for though there be hundreds who seize the title, and who 

 boldly advertise their claims to rank as artists in this line, there are not tens 

 who are worthy of the name of landscapists. Some of them are mere pre- 

 tenders. Some of them can perhaps very well carry out a plan that has been 

 set for them by a master, or they may imitate a piece of work that they have 

 seen elsewhere, but which, in all probability, is utterly unsuited to the ground 

 and to the surroundings where they attempt to execute the design of the master 

 who originally made the plan. Then, again, through deficient knowledge of 



