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granges, institutes, and county fairs. He has generally declined. He has 

 agreed to help the Lecture Bureau of the Patrons of Husbandry in a short 

 course of lectures in some other States during this winter. 



WHITING FOR THE PRESS. 



Most of the numerous requests for articles have been declined during tho 

 past two years. 



THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. 



For one of the past two years I acted as lecturer to Capital Grange, which 

 meets weekly in Lansing. The membership has been from :i50 to 275. Dur- 

 ing the same time I acted as Master of the County Grange, which held about 

 ten meetings in a year in various parts of the county. 



I attended the last meeting of the State Grange, where I was a delegate and 

 Chairman of the Committee on Education. I assisted in making preparations 

 for the State Grange picnic held the past summer. 



THE STATE AND COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



For two years I have been President of the Ingham County Society, which 

 meets once a month. I attend about two meetings of the State Society each 

 year, where I always present one or more papers. 



THE STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. 



At the meeting in 1880 I read a paper on " Methods of Teaching Botany." 

 This has been issued in a second edition by C. H. Marot of Philadelphia. At 

 the last meeting I was elected President. 



THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The 18th biennial session was held in 1881 at Boston, Mass. I was appointed 

 by Governor Jerome as one of the Commissioners to use a State appropriation 

 in making an exhibit of Michigan fruits at that meeting. While attending 

 the meeting I read a paper on the " Classification of Pears by their Flowers," 

 and was elected Secretary. In filling this office I last winter edited a quarto 

 volume of about 230 pages as the proceedings of the society. 



THE NATIONAL FORESTRY CONGRESS. 



I sent a paper which was read at the Cincinnati meeting the past summer. 

 I was prevented from attending the Montreal meeting on account of an engage- 

 ment v/ith another society meeting during the same days. 



THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE. 



This national society has held three annual meetings, at all of which I acted 

 as President. At the meetings of 1881 and 1882, I presented papers on 

 "Testing Seeds" and "On the Variation of Red Clover." I am now 

 engaged in editing the proceedings of these two meetings. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



I attended the last two meetings held at Cincinnati, Ohio, and in Monfcreal- 

 and read a paper at each meeting. At the last meeting I was elected a Vice, 

 president, or President of Section F — Biology. 



