PROCEEDINGS OF THE WINTER MEETING. 19 



The session of Friday morning began by the appointment of committees 

 as follows: 



Resolutions. — Messrs. L. D. Watkins of Manchester, K. M. Kellogg 

 of Ionia, C. P. Chidester of Battle Creek. 



Exhibits. — Messrs. L. E. Taft of Agricultural College, W. W. Tracy 

 of Detroit, Chas. Shriver of Benton Harbor. 



The session of Friday afternoon, February 16, of the winter meeting of 

 the State Horticultural Society, was opened by a paper on " Insects and 

 Insecticides," by Prof. G. C. Davis of the Agricultural College. It was 

 a general resume of this topic, stating in comprehensible form the current 

 knowlege upon this subject so far as relates to horticulture. Its publication 

 is omitted for the same reason as given in case of the paper by Prof. Taft. 



The most enjoyable part of the whole, perhaps, to the many who 

 attended from about the state, was the charming hospitality of the people 

 of Charlotte, who opened to them their homes in cheeriest hospitality. So 

 cordial was the welcome, so abundant was the provision for the guests' com- 

 fort, that one allotment of visitors vied with another in praise of their enter- 

 tainers; and long will they remember the cordiality and comfort of their 

 visit to Eaton's handsome county seat. 



PAPEHS A]S[D DISOUSSIOJ^^S. 



THE NEW PRESIDENT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 



BY ME. ROLAND MORRILL OF BENTON HARBOR. 



The Michigan State Horticultural society is now entering upon the 

 twenty-fourth year of its existence. That its life has been one of useful- 

 ness can not be denied. One has only to look at its annual bound Reports, 

 and know how well they have been received by the horticulturists of 

 America, to realize that ours has been a successful career. Permit me to 

 read right here article 1 of our constitution. 



Art. 1. The name of this society shall be the Michigan State Horticultural society, 

 and its territory shall be Michigan. Its objects shall be the development of an adequate 

 appreciation of the peculiar adaptation of the soils and climate of the state to the pur- 

 suit of horticulture, in all its branches, and dissemination of information bearing upon 

 the theory and practice of the same, as well as upon the arts and sciences directly or 

 indirectly associated therewith or calculated to elevate or improve the practice thereof. 



