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ten horses to take my place to-morrow !' The good man didn't know about that. We 

 know very little about horticulture. We are learning something every day, and one 

 object of these meetings is to learn from one another, and though our gatherings are not 

 always large, we have some zealous students, who are ever in the wake in these matters, 

 whom I am confident will devise liberal things for the year to come. 



" We cannot ignore the fact that our effective force has l)een greatly weakened by 

 the necessary withdrawal of such sturdy horticultural workers as the honorable gentle- 

 men, W. C. Flagg, J. M. Pearson, James E. Starr, and Wm. E. Smith, by a diversion 

 of labors, and by the incidental absence of such tried servants as E. A. Riehl, Solomon 

 Johnson, and some others. * * 



"The experience of the past year would not seem to justify the attempt to intro- 

 duce other than subjects intimately connected with horticultural and agricultural mat- 

 ters. There is, doubtless, enougli work to occupy the day in hearing the ordinary 

 reports and discussions presented by the committees. 



" But suggestions are in order. One thing is ceitainly desirable to give character 

 and permanency to our organization, and that is, to complete our programme early in 

 the year." 



The next business in order was the election of officers, which resulted 

 as follows. [See list above. — Ed.] 



On motion of Capt. Hollister, the President and Secretary were 

 appointed a committee on programme, to arrange the business for the 

 year, and print the cards at as early a date as possible. 



The only new feature in our programme for the coming year is the 

 appointment of twelve essayists, one for each month in the year, whose 

 duty it shall be to introduce some appropriate topic of his own choosing 

 for the edification of the Society. 



Society adjourned. 



JONA. HUGOINS, Sec'y. 



ONARGA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



REPORTED r.V W. H. SPURGEON, CORRESPONniNG SECRETARY. 



Officers for 1874. — President — J. B. Clark : Vice President — E. D. 

 Robbins; Recording Secretary — J. L. Burnside; Corresponding Secretary — 

 W. H. Spurgeon ; Treasurer — H. Pinney ; Librarian — Lyman Pike. 

 Present number of members, fifty. The Society holds weekly meetings. 



At the meeting of January 4th, 1873, the address of Com. Maury, at 

 St. Louis, was discussed, in connection with the advantages of an ajjplica- 

 tion of meteorological science to agriculture and horticulture. 



At the meeting of January nth, Mr. Congdon made a few practical 

 remarks in favor of planting and growing evergreens, not only for orna- 

 ment and shelter, but for profit in lumber and timber. 



Messrs. Pike and Ellis spoke in favor of evergreens as protection for 

 stock in winter, and of the great necessity of rejjlacing, or making good 

 the supply of timber, which is so rapidly being exhausted in the destruc- 

 tion of our forests, by planting largely and annually of valuable species. 



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