PROCKEDINGS 



OF TIIK 



AMERICAN HORTICl'LTURAL SOCIETY. 



(SECOND SECTION.) 



The Meeting at Riverside, Fp:uruary 7, 8 and 9, 1888. 



The reasons for holding the eiglith convention of the American 

 Ilorticultnral Society in two sections were briefly exjdained in the 

 opening paragraph of this volume. The hiatus intervening lietween 

 the adjournment at San Jose and the re-assembling at Riverside, is 

 completely covered by the appended sketch by Dr. Ridpath, " Be- 

 yond the Sierras," to which the reader is referred. 



At 10 o'clock A. M. on Tuesday, February 7, ISS.S, as pL-r ad- 

 journment, the Society again assembled, in tlie First Congregational 

 church, in the city of Riverside. Here, as in San Jose, all neces- 

 sary preparation had been made for the accommodation of the So- 

 ciety and its members. Indeed, the pledge telegraj)hed the Secre- 

 tary on March 9, 1887, was fully redeemed by tlic citizens of this 

 beautiful and prosperous city and community of fruit-growers and 

 horticulturists. A few of the visiting members who iiad attended 

 the meeting at San Jose failed to atteiid the Riverside meeting. 

 Others, however, joined us here for the first time, the local attend- 

 ance being even better tiian at the former place. 



The Los Angeles Herald, in its issue of February 8, has the 

 following : 



The annual convention of the American Horticultunil Society at River- 

 side, which is now in progress at that city, is considered liy those who have 

 thought deeply on the subject to be one of the most important events that 

 has ever happened in southern California, for the reason that the visiting 

 members of the Society are intelligent scientists who can not fail to be im- 



