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future scope and arrangement of this feature of our reports, not forg.tiiug 

 when thcv criticise that although I am alwavs ffhid to get suEfgestions, I aoi 

 also hungry for facts. 



The newspapers have been my most valuable aids in building the Portfolio, 

 and I take pleasure in naming those from which I have gathered material for 

 the structure.* 



3S[ew Yoke Tiubuxe, Eukal Canadian*, Rl'iial New Yorker, Nelt- 

 nor's Fruit and Flower Grower, Western Farmer, Vick's Magazine, 

 Gardener's Chronicle, London Garden, Ohio Farmer, Boston Journal of 

 Chemistry, Fruit Recorder, Country Gentleman, New York Times, 

 American Naturalist, Practical Farmer, Farm and Garden, American 

 Garden, Grange Bulletin, Indiana Farmer, Ladies' Floral Cabinet, 

 Gardener's Monthly, Post and Tribune, Massachusetts Ploughman, Hus- 

 bandman, Michigan Farmer, Coleman's Rural World, American Agricult- 

 urist, Dutchess Farmer, New England Homestead, Colorado Farmer, 

 Farmers' Review, Scientific American, Green's Fruit Grower, Iowa Home- 

 stead, Home Farm, Farmer and Fruit Grower, American Rural Home, 

 Prairie Farmer, Grange Visitor, South Haven Messenger, Vine Dresser 

 and Industrialist. 



The following list of persons have contributed to the pages of the Portfolio 

 this year: C. G. Patton, Iowa; J. J. Thomas, Union Springs, N. Y.; Charles 

 Downing, Newburg, N. Y.; G. W. Campbell, Delaware, Ohio; H. B. Elwanger, 

 P. C. Reynolds, W. C. Barry, Patrick Barry, E. Colston Vick, Rochester, N. Y. ; 

 Dr. T. H. Hoskins, Vermont ; J. M. Smith, Green Bay, Wis.; C. W. G., Grand 

 Rapids, Mich.; Wm. Rowe, Arkansas; G. Cowing, Muncie, Ind.; AV. W. Tracy, 

 Detroit, Mich.; Charles E. Parnell, New York; Gen. W. H. Noble, New York; 

 Aug. D. Mylius, Detroit; C. M. Hovey, H. C. Hovey, Boston, Mass.; Thos. 

 Brown, Grand Rapid.', Mich; W. H. White, P. E. Cope, New York; J.N. 

 Stearns, Kalamazoo, Mich.; R. A. Waterbury ; Parker Earle, Cobden, 111.; S. 

 B. Peck, Muskegon, Mich.; 0. B. Galusha, Morris, 111.; P. E. Bucke, Ottawa, 

 Ontario; B. Gott, Arkona, Ontario; E. P. Roe, New York; P. M. Auger, Con- 

 necticut; W. J. Fowler, Rochester, N. Y. ; G. W. Bridgman, Berrien county, 

 Mich.; W. G. Voorheis, Benzonia; Franklin Davis; Profs. Beal and Cook, Lan- 

 sing, Mich.; Prof. C. E. Bessey, Iowa; T. T. Lyon, South Haven, Mich.; Prof. 

 Goodale, Boston, Mass. ; J. G. Ramsdell, Traverse City ; M. Crawlbrd, Ohio; N. 

 Ohmer, Dayton, Ohio; L. B. Pierce, Summit county, Ohio; J. C. Plumb, Wis- 

 consin; Prof. Comstock, Ithaca, N.Y.; B. D. Halsted, New York; Sylvester 

 Johnson, Indiana; Prof. W. A. Stearns, Iowa; J. A. Lintner, New York; W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, Genesee county, Mich.; Profs. Goessman, Maynard, and Penhollow, 

 Massachusetts ; A. M. Purdy, Palmyra, N. Y.; G. F. Needham,Washington, D. C; 

 Prof. Iligley, Ann Arbor: J. M. Asher; E. L. Sturtevant, Geneva, N. Y. ; J. J. 



* TliosG printed in SmaU Capitals have been sent me (luring the year free of expense by tlio 

 publishers. 



