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  Let 
  me 
  say 
  in 
  eonelusiuu 
  that 
  I 
  hope 
  you 
  will 
  make 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  op- 
  

   portunities 
  and 
  facilities 
  that 
  are 
  at 
  your 
  full 
  disposal. 
  The 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Horticulture 
  is 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  floor. 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  you 
  

   to 
  make 
  that 
  office 
  your 
  headquarters, 
  and 
  make 
  use 
  of 
  our 
  clerical 
  

   force, 
  and 
  such 
  facilities 
  as 
  are 
  available, 
  to 
  the 
  fullest 
  measure 
  pos- 
  

   sible, 
  so 
  that 
  your 
  visit 
  will 
  be 
  pleasant, 
  as 
  Tarn 
  sure 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  profitable. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  The 
  next 
  order 
  of 
  business 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  report 
  

   from 
  the 
  Secretary-Treasurer, 
  and 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  meeting. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming 
  : 
  A 
  meeting 
  for 
  organization 
  of 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  

   Growers 
  was 
  held, 
  on 
  the 
  invitation 
  of 
  Dr. 
  N. 
  L. 
  Britton, 
  at 
  the 
  Botani- 
  

   cal 
  Museum 
  in 
  Bronx 
  Park, 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  on 
  Nov. 
  17th, 
  1910. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Britton 
  called 
  the 
  meeting 
  to 
  order, 
  stated 
  its 
  purpose 
  and 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Those 
  present 
  were 
  : 
  

  

  Dr. 
  N. 
  L. 
  Britton, 
  Director 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Robert 
  T. 
  Morris, 
  616 
  Madison 
  Ave., 
  New 
  York 
  City. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  John 
  Craig, 
  of 
  Cornell 
  University. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  T. 
  P. 
  Littlepage, 
  Union 
  Trust 
  Building, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Malcomson, 
  Orange, 
  N. 
  J. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Hales, 
  Ridgewood, 
  N. 
  J. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Joseph 
  L. 
  Lovett, 
  Emilie, 
  Bucks 
  County, 
  Pa. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Yardly 
  (with 
  Mrs. 
  Lovett). 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Geo. 
  Knapp. 
  (at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Simpson 
  Bros., 
  Vincennes, 
  

  

  Ind.) 
  21 
  Claremont 
  Ave., 
  New 
  York 
  City. 
  

   Mr. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Schwartze, 
  92 
  Stagg 
  St., 
  Brooklyn, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   Mr. 
  Nash, 
  of 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Museum. 
  

   Dr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Deming, 
  Westchester, 
  New 
  York 
  City. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  retirement 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Britton 
  Dr. 
  Deming 
  acted 
  as 
  temporary 
  

   chairman 
  and 
  read 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  letters 
  from 
  persons 
  interested 
  in 
  nut 
  

   culture 
  encouraging 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  an 
  association. 
  

  

  The 
  chairman 
  appointed 
  Prof. 
  Craig, 
  Dr. 
  Morris 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Little- 
  

   page 
  a 
  committee 
  to 
  draw 
  up 
  a 
  tentative 
  constitution 
  or 
  set 
  of 
  working 
  

   Tules 
  until 
  permanent 
  organization 
  could 
  be 
  effected. 
  The 
  committee 
  

   made 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  which 
  was 
  adopted 
  with 
  the 
  understanding 
  

   that 
  the 
  executive 
  committee 
  should 
  consider 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  constitu- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  by-laws 
  and 
  report 
  at 
  the 
  next 
  regular 
  meeting. 
  

  

  Name. 
  The 
  society 
  shall 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  

   Association. 
  

  

  Object. 
  The 
  promotion 
  of 
  interest 
  in 
  nut-producing 
  plants, 
  their 
  prod- 
  

   ucts 
  and 
  their 
  culture. 
  

  

  