232 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Gonesce County Agricultural Society having adopted a resolution to 

 assign tho awarding of premiums on all horticultural products to the Genesee 

 County Hoiticultural Society, a committee of its members was appointed to 

 meet a like committee from tlie Agricultural Society to arrange details. 



This joint committee met at the ofBce of the Secretary of the Horticultural 

 Society on the 8th day of April, and organized by electing Mr. Rosenkrans 

 chairman, and Mrs. Dan. H. TMuirch secretary. A premium list was arranged 

 and other details were discussed and settled, and as a result, this department 

 of tho annual agricultural exhibition, together with that of the apiarian and 

 dairy products, was wholly given over, in its management and awarding of 

 premiums, to the Genesee County Horticultural Society. 



At the March meeting also, a committee was appointed to report on tho 

 subject of tree-planting along the highways. The committee reported recom- 

 mending that the township vice presidents of this society confer with the 

 highway commissioner upon the subject, and urge him to perform his duty ia 

 the premises; also in favor of enforcing the law prohibiting the running at 

 large of stock in the highways. 



A resolution was also adopted, putting tlie society on record in favor of the 

 general planting of trees and shrubs on all available spaces, for their sanitary 

 and civilizing effects upon both the present and succeeding generations. 



At this meeting also a very interesting paper was read by Mr. Wm. Winkley 

 on "Horticulture." 



At the June meeting of the society it was expected that there would be an 

 exhibit of small fruits and flowers. The exceptionally backward season, how- 

 ever, disappointed this expectation, so far as the fruits were concerned, but, 

 thanks to tho taste and enthusiasm of the ladies, the room was beautifully 

 decorated with flowers. 



An essay on "Horticultural Knowledge" was read by Mrs. A. L. Aldrich, 

 and Mrs, M. C. Chapman favored the meeting with an interesting paper. 



President Partridge was appointed a delegate to represent tlie society at the 

 summer meeting of tiie State society at Pentwater, with Mr. Rosenkrans as 

 alternate. 



Committees were appointed to report on the best five varieties of winter 

 apples for market for eastern Michigan, on stone fruits, and on pickling. 



At tho September meeting, Mrs. Partridge read a paper on putting up 

 pickles, and Mrs. Passmore read another on preserving stone fruits. 



Arrangements were made at this meeting for sending an exhibit of fruits, 

 by tho society, to the annual fair of the Northeastern Agricultural Society at 

 East Saginaw on the last days of September. As a i-esult of this action, the 

 county was represented at this fair by a notable exhibit of apples, pears, and 

 evapoiated fruit, jellies, syrups, etc, which took the first premium in the 

 horticultural department. Tlio same cxliibits were returned here and were 

 entered by tlie individual owners for premiums at our own county fair, win- 

 ning a good number of local prizes. 



At the October meeting committees were appointed to make the necessary 

 arrangements for the winter meeting of the State Horticultural Society in this 

 city, beginning on the sixth of DeCL-niber. 



That nieetnig was duly held, and its records to be published in the annual 

 report of the society will show, I think, that the Genesee County Horticultural 

 Society, duiing less than nine months of existence, Iims made for itself a place 

 in the liurliuultural .history of tho Stale which rcflt'Cts upon it at least no 

 great discredit. Beginning with a membership of twenty, it now bears upon 



