PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Indiana Horticultural Society, 



Winter Meeting at Indianapolis, 

 December 2 and 3, 



1903. 



FIRST SESSION. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2. 1:80 P._M. 



The Indiana Horticultural Societj- met at Room 12, State House. 

 President Stevens called the meeting to order at 1:30 o'clock p. m., and, in- 

 troduced Mr. John W. Apple, of Oaklandon. who gave the invocation. 

 The President then called Mr. H. H. Swaim. of South Bend, who is the 

 First Vice-President, to the chair while he delivered his annual address. 



Members of the State Horticultural Society: 



Indiana's State Horticultural Societj- is once more convened in annual 

 session. We congratulate you upon the "efficiency of the work you have 

 done in the past, as well as for the bright prospects which lie before you 

 for future usefulness. 



The main purpose of a Horticultural Society is to spread information. 

 The State recognizes you as an educating factor for a certain class of her 

 citizens, and gives you pecuniary aid. So we come together, not so much 

 for personal advantages that may accrue to any of us, but rather to help 

 along the great fruit industry all over the State. 



Members are expected to come to these meetings prepared to give from 

 their experience, experiments and investigations something that will be 

 of benefit to the public. The State very kindly steps in again and bears 

 the expense of publishing our proceedings for distribution among inter- 

 ested parties who are unable to attend these meetings, and thus all are 



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