TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



American Horticutural Society, 



FOR THE YEAR 1888. 



BEING A REPORT OF THE EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING, HELD AT SAN JOSE, 



CAL., JANUARY 24, 25 AND 26, AND RIVERSIDE, CAL., 



FEBRUARY 7, 8 AND 9, 1888, 



TOGETHEB WITH 



A FULL LIST OF PAPERS READ, WITH ACCOMPANYING DISCUSSIONS. ALSO, A SKETCH 

 OF THE OVERLAND TRIP, WITH LOCAL EXCURSIONS AND ENTER- 

 TAINMENTS WHILE IN CALIFORNIA, BY JOHN 

 CLARK RIDPATH, LL. D. 



VOL. V. 



By W. H. EAGAN, Secretary, 

 Greencastle, Indiana. 



LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL 



QARDeN 



INDIANAPOLIS : 



CARLON & HOLLENBECK, PRINTERS AND BINDERS, 



1888. 



