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fruiu the south. The tiiiilnT (.)!' the Triickee valley is pri iiei pally 

 fir instead of ])ine. It does not grow up so rapidly as tiie pine 

 wlieu once cut oil'. 



Mr. Win Dcman, of Washington, D. C. — Are grapes grtnvn suc- 

 cessfully in Nevada? 



Mr. Lcirer.s — They are not generally grown, Ijut I have seen 

 some fine raisins and raisin grapes of Nevada production. 



Mr. Broicn, of California — In southern California we are (piite 

 differently affected by the removal of the mountain forests. The 

 summer flow of springs in the San Gabriel valley have been reduced 

 more than 20 percent, by the removal of the mountain forests sur- 

 rounding us. 



Mr. Larcr.s — I did not aim to convey the idea that our rain-fall 

 had been increased by the removal of the mountain forests, but that 

 the water supply had been rendered more j)ermanent and cndui-ing, 

 the result of the drifting snows being longer preserved in the 

 mountain ravines, from their greater depth and bulk. 



The President announced the following Committee on Nomina- 

 tions of officers: Prof. W. S. Thomas, of Arkansas; Mr. Abbott 

 Kinney, California ; H. E. Van Deman, Washington, D. C; George 

 P. Peffer, Wisconsin ; J. G. Bubach, Illinois; 8. Johnson, Indiana ; 

 Prof. J. L. Budd, Iowa; Frank Ilolsinger, Kansas; J. W. Samuels, 

 Kentucky ; Wynian Elliott, Minnesota ; L. A. (Toodman, Missouri ; 

 S. Barnard, Nebraska; Ross Lewers, Nevada; I. H. ]5udd, New 

 Jersey ; T. S. Hubbard, New York ; J. Van. Lindley, North Caro- 

 lina; G. D. Ilewson, Nova Scotia; N. Ohmer, Ohio; Dr. Card- 

 well, Oregon, and Nat. Stevens, Texas. 



L. A. Goodman, Secretary of the Missouri State Horticultural 

 Society, read the following paper: 



ORNAMENTATION OF OUK COUNTRY HOMES. 



IJV L. A. GOODMAN, OF MISSOURI. 



The distinctive difference in our country homes I can no more plainly 

 show to you than to cite you .to the wide diflerence that exists, not only in 

 our portion of the country, but which I see everywhere here in California, 

 and that is in the homes of our stock men, and peculiarly our agricultural 

 portion on one hand and those of our horticulturist on the other hand. 



