PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS 



AT THE 



SUMMER MEETING 



OF TEE 



WISCONSIN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Held at JBaraboo, June 12 and 13, 1878. 



The regular summer meeting 1 of the State Horticultural Society 

 was held at Baraboo, on the 12th and 13th of June, in accordance 

 with the unanimous vote of the society, at its annual meeting in 

 February, accepting the invitation of the Sauk County Horticul- 

 tural Society to meet with them. The time was set, by the local 

 society, at 2 P. M., at the court house, and the meeting was called 

 to order by the president, who then delivered the following intro- 

 ductory address: 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



By J. M. SMITH, of Green Bay. 



Ladies and Gentlemen: When the members of the State Hor- 

 ticultural Society elected their president, none of them were 

 thinking of summer conventions, or of times when it would be 

 necessary to have a president who could be ornamental as well as 

 useful; one who on occasions like this could deliver an address, 

 and have it of orthodox length and filled with pleasant and agree- 

 able thoughts, such as would be at least harmless to all, even if 

 really useful to none. Feeling confident that I should prove an 

 2 — Hort. So. 



