TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page 



Letter of Transmittal 2 



Officers of the Society 3 



Constitution of the Society 4-6 



Act of Appropriation 6-7 



List of Members 7-9 



Address of Welcome by Mayor J. E. Burke 9-10 



President's Response lo-ii 



Report of Secretary 11-12 



Report of Treasurer 12-15 



Vice-Presidents' Reports : — 



Grand Isle County by A. H. Hill ^S^i? 



Addison County by F. E. Foote 17-18 



Rutland County by D. C. Hicks 19-21 



Lamoille County by G. H. Terrill 21 



"Definiteness in Horticulture" by Prof F. W. Rane 21-26 



"The Outdoor Culture of Roses" by C. S. Pomeroy 26-33 



"Pear Culture and Methods of Controlling Pear Blight" by 



A. M. Vaughan 33-35 



"Increasing the Fertility of the Soil" by T. B. Terry 35-41 



"Practical Plant Breeding" by F. W. Rane 42-45 



President's Address by E. S. Brigham 45-47 



"Cold Storage and Marketing of Fruit" by J. W. Clark 48-53 



"Importance of Wise Selection of Vegetable Seeds, &c." by 



W. W. Tracy '. . 56-60 



"Commercial Fertilizers in Horticulture" bv Prof. J. L. 



Hills ' 60-66 



"Results of Some Recent Investigations in Orchard Man- 

 agement" by W. F. Nye ^'7-7i 



Report of Committees and Discussion 7^~7S 



"My Method of Raising and Handling Small Fruit, Straw- 

 berries Especially" by G. A. Clough 76-79 



"Co-operative Apple Culture" by T. L. Kinney 79-82 



"Potato Culture" by T. B. Terfy 82-89 



List of Awards 89-90 



