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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Letter of Transmittal iii 



Officers for 1886 vii 



Committees viii 



Members, 1886-7 ix 



Recommended Fruit List xi 



Recommended Trees and Shrubs xiii 



Act of Reorganization xiv 



Constitution xvi 



By-laws xvii 



Publication Laws xviii 



Timber Laws xx 



Premiums Awarded at Janesville xxii 



Proceedings at Janesville Meeting 1 



Debts of Honor, by Mrs. B. K. Towne 23 



California Fruits, by J. B. Stickney 44 



The History of some of our Cultivated Fruits, by Mrs. C. A. 



Willard 63 



The Maple Bark Louse, by Prof. A. B. S^^jmour 81 



Proceedings at Waukesha Meeting 86 



Address of Welcome, by A. Cook 86 



Response, by B. F. Adams 88 



Secretary's Report 90 



Report of Delegates 101 



Ornamental Trees, by A. L. Hatch 109 



Beautifying our Homes, by Mrs. D. Huntley 114 



The Slaughter of the Innocent, by Ida E. Tilson 128 



President's Address 135 



Injurious Insects and how to Fight them, by Prof. A. J. Cook. . 140 

 When, Where and How to Teach Horticulture, by Chas. W. 



Garfield ....'. 159 



CD Foi estry, by B. S. Hoxie 168 



Marshall Pinkoey Wilder, by J. C. Plumb 182 



Small Fruits in Chicago, by Jonathan Periam 188 



Eihics of Horticulture, by Vie H. Campbell 197 



Life of Women on Farms, as it is and as it should be, by Mrs. 



Alura Collins Ilollister 204 



Treasurer's Report 213 



