PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING- 



HELD AT LOWELL, DECEMBER 27 AND 28, 1894. 



©NE of its most successful meetings was the 24:tli annual of the 

 Michigan State Horticultural society, held in Lowell, December 27 

 and 28. There has been a markedly larger attendance at each of the 

 meetings of the past three years, but only on one occasion, that of the 

 winter meeting of 1894, at Charlotte, has the attendance been so great 

 as it was on this occasion. At each of the sessions there were from 300 

 to 400 persons in attendance. While the number from Lowell and vicin- 

 ity was large, there were many from abroad in the state. Considerable 

 delegations attended from the West Michigan Fruitgrowers' and Grand 

 Rapids Fruit Shippers' societies, as well as from many of the local socie- 

 ties of the western and central portions of the state. 



Reports of the secretary and treasurer showed the society to be in 

 sound financial condition, the life membership fund having been rein- 

 vested during the year by Mr. C. W. Garfield, who acted as treasurer 

 in place of Mr. E. H. Scott, elected to the office in 1893. 



President Weekes of Lowell village made a brief address of welcome 

 to which Mr. C. W. Garfield responded. Mr. Weeks having said some- 

 thing concerning the value of the society's work in ornamental horticul- 

 ture and floriculture, Mr. Garfield replied that he was always glad to 

 respond to an address which recognized not fruit alone, but floriculture 

 and features which provide for the home. Mr. Tracy has recently said 

 the society did good work in urging the adornment of school grounds, 

 a few years ago; that he hears from it every year, love for the flowers 

 having grown among the communities where they were placed. In this 

 the society did a good and benevolent work. It is pleasant to know that 

 we are not exclusively devoted to money-getting. 



