tee to be tlie pre.sident and secretary-treasurer. The annual dues were 

 placed at -t^.OO, and life membership at $20.00. The recounnendations 

 of the committee were adopted. 



An interesting exhibition of nuts, and specimens illustrating 

 methods of grafting, formed a feature of the meeting. Chestnuts, Aval- 

 nuts, and hickory nuts, including the pecan, were illustrated in much 

 variety. Mr. T. P. Littlepage had a series of nuts of the pecan which 

 he had collected from a number of selected trees in Kentucky and 

 vicinity. One of these, almost globular in form, was of particular ex- 

 cellence, being of clean cleavage and delicious flavor. 



Dr. R. T. Morris was elected jjresident; Mr. T. P. Little^Dage, vice- 

 president; and Dr. W. C. Deming, secuetary-treasurer. 



George V. Nash. 



Dr. Brittox : . ^Slay I say to you that our good wishes for your 

 association, expressed at that time, are simply repeated now, and we 

 hope that you will make yourselves at home and as comfortable as pos- 

 sible. ^^'e have made arringeinent for the convention to leave here 

 about one o'clock, for luncheon at Sormani's as guests of the Botanical 

 Society. The autos will be at the door promptly, so I trust that you 

 will adjust the session so as to be free to leave then. 



The President: We wish to extend our thanks to Dr. Britton for 

 his kind remarks and for his hospitality. 



We will now have the secretary read reports from onr state vice- 

 presidents. 



The Secretary : These are very interesting. The first one is 

 from Mrs. Ellwanger, our state vice-president for New York. 



(Reading in part) "My walnut trees are doing well and have 

 man}' more nuts than ever before. Tlie filberts planted two years ago, 

 also have some, and the chestnuts, those the blight have left me, are 

 covered with 'burs. There are beech nuts, too.- — I intend to keep on 

 planting chestnut trees, in spite of the blight." 



Mr. C. S. Ridgway, Lum'berton, New Jersey, writes as follows: 



"There are very few nut trees in our vicinity. In fact, very few 

 except what I have — some large old j^ecans at Mt. Holley. but tlie 



fruit is so small they are not gathered." 



The next letter is from Mr. Howard Spence, of Ainsdale. South- 

 port, England. ]\Ir. Spence writes: 



"During the last year I hive got one of our horticultural research 

 stations interested in the subject of walnut culture and just recently 

 the headquarters of the ]\Iinistry of Agriculture and Fisheries also. 

 The latter are using a small* pamphlet on nut culture generally, to 

 which I have contributed some facts. But a point of more definite 

 interest at the moment is that the ^linister has agreed to instruct all 



