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Horticultural Societies, urgently inviting the meeting of the Society 

 to that city. From time to time these invitations were renewed and 

 strengthened by letters, telegrams and press notices emanating from 

 various sections of the state, and almost invariably uniting upon 

 one or the other of the places named. Under such favorable influ- 

 ences as were here presented, and in view of the widely different 

 horticultural interests represented in the vicinity of the two places, 

 the officers of the Society decided to hold the meetings in two sec- 

 tions, the first at San Jose and the second at Riverside. 



In obedience to this arrangement the American Horticultural 

 Society convened in the Baptist Tabernacle in the city of San Jose, 

 Cal., on Tuesday, January 24, 1888, at 10 o'clock a. m., Hon. Par- 

 ker Earle, President, in the chair. A creditable delegation of lead- 

 ing horticulturists, representing many of the eastern states, with a 

 large number from California, Oregon and other Pacific coast states 

 and territories, were present at the opening session. Representa- 

 tives of the press, especially of the California press, were numerous, 

 and, as their reports fidly verify, were not only intelligent, but also 

 deeply interested in the subsequent proceedings of the Society. The 

 Secretarv will here take occasion to sav that never in the historv of 

 this Society have the services of the press been so cordially given, 

 and of such inestimable value, as in the case of the California meet- 

 ings. For these valuable services his individual thanks, and through 

 him the thanks of the Society, are hereby extended to all press rep- 

 resentatives, without distinction, from those first met at Denison, 

 Texas, to the close at Santa Barbara, Cal., who have, by their labors 

 and attentions, added so much of interest to the Society while in ses- 

 sion and during its numerous excursions, general and local. 



President Earlc, of Illinois — ijadies and Gentlemen : Our meet- 

 ing this forenoon will be informal. Our first regular papers and 

 discussions will be reserved for the afternoon session. Among the 

 numerous special attractions prepared by the good people of San 

 Jose for our entertainment, while sojourning in their beautiful city, 

 that of a citrus fair and horticultural exhibition, now in progress in 

 their elegant pavilion, is not the least attractive. To this you are 

 all invited, and in due time will be presented with complimentary 

 tickets by President Cyrus Jones, who now occupies a place by my 



