360 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



After lunch, Geo. Chubb of Lisbon delighted the audience with two of 

 his recitations. 



President Gaefield again called the meeting to order and introduced 

 the topic, leading with a short chat, fitting the company to realize the 

 possibilities of our own locality when making up a list of ornamental trees 

 to beautify our homes, and closed by introducing Prof. L. R. Taft. 



For more than one hour the large gathering listened to the address of 

 Prof. Taft, and heard what to plant, how to plant, and when to plant, and 

 how to prepare the ground for a lawn and maintain a healthy condition of 

 grass. 



Peter Pearce recited, " The Old Man and Jim." President Garfield, 

 S. S. Bailey, Rev. John Sailor, and W. N. Cook, respectively, continued 

 the discussion of " Embellishment of Homes." "The Samaritan," written 

 by Rev. A. J. Huff, was recited by Geo. Chubb, and an adjournment until 

 the fourth Tuesday in September was announced. 



THE SEPTEMBER MEETING 



convened at the home of Asa W. Slayton, on Ives street. Mr. Slayton 

 has spared no pains to make home a pleasant spot, as the workshop, the 

 museum, and the kitchen garden all testified to the possibilities of home- 

 making. 



President Garfield, in opening the meeting, called attention to the fine 

 display of fruits to be seen on the market every morning through August 

 and September. 



The exhibition of fruit, and especially grapes, was remarkably fine — 

 indeed, one could hardly enter the house, for grapes depended from vines 

 in tempting array upon the piazza. 



W. N. Cook and Dixon Davis were made a committee to report on the 

 fruit exhibit. 



The afternoon session was devoted to a discussion of grapes, which 

 became general. The proper soil, situation, varieties to plant, and dis- 

 tance apart, gave almost all present either a chance to say something of his 

 method or ask a question of the more expert growers. 



A short chat upon the necessity of a city market was indulged in, and 

 S. S. Bailey offered a resolution calling the attention of the common 

 council to the matter. 



THE OCTOBER MEETING 



of the society was held at the grange hall at Herrington, Ottawa 

 county. 



President Garfield called the meeting to order, and, after the usual 

 opening remarks and suggestions, announced that the topics for the day 

 were upon " The Apple Orchard," and " Pruning Grapevines," and called 

 on Joseph A. Pearce to explain the " renewal " system of pruning a vine. 

 The vine was brought into the hall in the manner in which it grew, and 

 he pruned it before the audience. This practical lesson was frequently 

 interrupted by questions from those interested in the subject. 



Mr. W. K. MuNSON followed Mr. Pearce with the " Kniffen " system of 

 pruning grapevines. This way was well received by the society. Both 

 systems are good, and the friends of either had points of defense for their 



