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which time the society has had State aid. At the fourth fair, at 

 Salem, George Collier Robbins, of Portland, was elected president, 

 Albei't Walling, secretary. 



This society has been an important factor in promoting the agricul- 

 tural intei'est of the State, now a permanent State institution holding a 

 creditable State fair at Salem annually. 



The Oregon State Horticultural Society was organized in Portland,. 

 January 13, 1889, with a long list of active members from all over the 

 State. J. R. Cardwell, president, E. W. Allen, secretary. 



For many years quarterly horticultural meetings were held by invita- 

 tion from the different towns of the State, with marked interest and 

 beneficial results to the horticulture of the State, financially, fratern- 

 ally, and socially. 



The local interest and generosity of resident horticulturists in the- 

 display of fruits, flowers, decorated halls, music, excursions through the 

 country, well-ordered ovations, the defraying of all expenses of visiting 

 members and the society, was a notable feature of these gatherings. 

 Able papers were read and discussed, the best social feeling prevailed, 

 and everybody went away feeling better and wiser. 



The Oregon State Horticultural Society is now a permanent, prospsi-- 

 ous State institution, active in the work of horticulture. Semi-annual 

 meetings are held, the annual meeting, January 13 in Portland, and one 

 summer meeting out, as designated by the executive committee, on 

 invitation of outside localities. The next summer meeting to be held in 

 Salem, July 6 and 7. 



The society has had two presidents in the eighteen years of its ex- 

 istence. The Honorable E. L. Smith, of Hood River, and Dr. J. R. 

 Cardwell, of Portland. Prof. E. R. Lake, botanist and horticulturist of 

 the Agricultural College of Corvallis, has been the very eflficient sec- 

 retary and treasurer for the last twelve years. 



The State Board of Horticulture is a creation of the Legislature of 

 1889, approved by the Governor February 25, 1889. The measure was 

 entitled "An act to create a State Board of Horticulture, and appropri- 

 ate money therefor." This has proved an opportune and very efficient 

 board, an educational aid in the inspection and eradication of insect 

 and fungi pests. Thirty-five hundred dollars per annum was appropri- 

 ated to maintain this Board. 



The following officers and members were appointed by the Governor: 

 J. R. Cardwell, president, Portland, Commissioner for the State at 

 large; James A. Varney, The Dalles, Inspector of Fruit Pests, Com- 

 missioner for the fourth district; R. S. Wallace, treasurer, Salem, Com- 

 missioner for the second district; Henry E. Dosch, Hillsdale, Commis- 

 sioner for the first district; J. D. Whitman, Medford, Commissioner for 

 the third district; James Hendershott, Cove, Commissioner for the fifth 

 district; E. W. Allen, secretary, Portland. 



District Boundaries. — First district: Multnomah, Clackamas, Yamhill,. 

 Washington, Columbia, Clatsop, and Tillamook counties. Second dis- 



