240 TRANSACTIONS OF THE HORTICULTURAL 



We should be able to devise some means to increase the at- 

 tendance and interest at our Annual Meetings. At some of 

 our Meetings within the last five years we have had an at- 

 tendance of five or six hundred, at others scarcely a tenth of this 

 number. This seems to indicate that the local interest and at- 

 tendance will be very good in some places and in others quite 

 unsatisfactory. Hence the necessity for care in the selection of 

 place of meeting. 



REPORT OF TREASURER. 



F. C. HEINL, JACKSONVILLE. 

 RECEIPTS. 



By cash from Lyman Hall $ 37 70 



" " " H. K. Vickroy 50 00 



By fourteen membership fees .•- .' 14 00 



f 101 70 



$101 70 



DISBURSEMENTS, 



Miss Bessie Nash $ 20 00 



A. C. Hammond 12 85 



H. M. Dunlap 2 25 



Lyman Hall .'.. 3 94 



Phil. Dallam 6 75 



$45 79 



$45 79 



Balance in hand of Treasurer $55 91 



CHERRY GROWING. 



BY A. H. GASTON, L A C O N. 



In the flora of America the cherry tree occupies an important 

 place. 



There are several distinct species of the cherry family. The 

 Wild Black and the Wild Ked Cherries are forest trees; 

 they grow large and the timber is valuable for inside finishing 

 and cabinet making purposes. The fruit is of no special value 

 except for food for birds. The stocks of these two varieties, 

 especially the Red Cherry, are valuable for grafting or budding 

 our Dukes and Morellos on, as the stocks always remain larger 

 than the grafts or buds. They are a great improvement on the 

 little old Dwarf Mahaleb stocks which are short lived and ought 

 not to be used for propagating purposes. The wild cherry pits 

 are easily gathered and can be planted in the fall [or spring. 



