DEPARTMENT EEPORTS. 105 



A paper on " Thinning fruit," '' Moles as vegetable eaters," "Darwin's new 

 book." 



1S78. This has lectures or papers on " Cross-breeding plants," "Experi- 

 ments and teaching horticulture at the College," "Shall we begin to grow 

 plantations of trees for timber?" "Rules for judging apples," "Report as 

 judge of apples at State fair," "Distance for planting apple trees," " Reme- 

 dies for codling moths," "Materials for mulching," "The farmer's front 

 yard," " Taking notes and making plans for a garden," " Jjist of 25 best 

 deciduous trees and 25 best shrubs, with remarks," " Spruces at the College," 

 ''List of evergreens." 



1879. This has papers on "Acclimation of plants," "Lawn making," 

 " Testing varieties," " Embellishing school grounds," "Pruning evergreens," 

 " Describing apples by flowers," " Sweet and sour apple — 'so-called.' " 



1880. Tills contains a lecture, "The oaks of Michigan and the world," 

 "Crossing flowers," and other papers. 



1881. Tills gives an address on "What can botany do for horticulture?" 

 " L'rigation," "Rural cemeteries," "Highway planting," "Beginning 

 botany." 



'llie American Pomological Society, 



This society meets once in two years. 



1875. This year I took an exhibit of apples to the Chicago meeting. 



1877. This report contains a paper on "Classification of apples" for the 

 meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. 



1879. This has a paper presented at the meeting in Rochester, New York, 

 on " The distinguishing of the varieties of apples by the flowers." 



1881. I present a paper at the Boston meeting on "Distinguishing pears 

 by the flowers." I was appointed by the Governor one of the Commissioners 

 to make an exhibit of fruit for the State. I was elected Secretary of the 

 society. 



The American Naturalist. 



This scientific magazine was started in 1868. I contributed to the first vol- 

 ume, and to nearly every volume since that one. Among the articles contrib- 

 uted were two on "Agency of insects in fertilizing plants," " Plants on the 

 beach of Lake Micliigan," "Climbing plants," " Liequilateral leaves," 

 " Phyllotaxis of cones," "Carnivorous plants," "Estivation," "Hairs and 

 glandular hairs," " How thistles spin," " Distinguishing populus and juglans 

 by buds," and many short notes. 



The America7i Association for the Advancement of Science. 



Previous to the work done at the last two meetings, noticed elsewhere, I 

 contributed one paper at the Indianapolis meeting, three at the Detroit meet- 

 ing, two at the Buffalo meeting, two at the Boston meeting. 



Miscellaneous Contributions. 



In 1880, I lectured on "Agricultural Education" before the Connecticut 

 State Board of Agriculture. The lecture was printed in their report and copied 

 in the Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. 



I have written articles, long or short, much too numerous to mention, for the 

 Michigan Farmer, Prairie Farmer, Scientific Farmer, Farmer's Jieview, Coun- 

 try Oentleman, Neio York Tribune, Gardener s Monthly, Land and Home, 



