156 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



GRAND JRIVER VALLEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 (Organized in 1874). 



OFFICERS FOR 1908. 



J. Pomeroy Munson, ---___ President. 



Mrs. M. E. Campbell, _____ Vice-President. 



Almond Griffen, --__-_ Secretary-Treasurer. 



EXECUTIVE BOARD. 



Charles W. Wilde, Mrs. Sarah Smith, Charles W. Garfield, William N. Cook, 



George E. Rowe, John B. Martin. 

 Regular meetings are held at 1 :30 P. M. on the first Saturday in each month. Annual 

 dues are 50c. 



SCHEDULE OF TOPICS FOR 1908. 



February — In charge of John B. Martin. "Children and Horticulture." Guidance 

 of the sand play. The country child's garden and its possibilities. The city child's 

 garden and its possibiUties. Gardening on a vacant city lot. Value of co-operation. 

 Respect for property. Beauty in the child's garden. Svmiming up of character points 

 to be secured through the child's garden. 



March — In charge of Chas. W. Garfield. "Glass Farming." In miniature. The 

 window garden. The hot bed. The greenhouse as a house attachment. Some of the 

 forward movements in glass fanning. The outlook. Who will succeed? 



April — In charge of J. Pomeroy Munson. "The Planting Business." Planting seeds. 

 Depth. Packing soil. Crusting. Forwarding germination. The economy of rows. 

 Wasting time and movements. Figures concerning planting. Devices to assist in quick 

 planting. The problem of moisture. Preparing trees for planting. Planting large 

 trees. 



May — In charge of Harry L. Creswell. "Water in Horticulture." Applying water 

 in sprinkhng as applied to transplanting lawns, etc. Irrigation in our Michigan gardens 

 and orchards. Will it pay? Organized water and values. Cultivation and conservation 

 of moisture. Value of clear water. Spray. Interesting irrigation facts. 



June — In charge of Mrs. M. E. Campbell. "The Home Instinct." Illustrations from 

 animal life. The development of home instinct in evolution to the human animal. 

 Methods of stimulating the love of home. Horticulture a factor. The home town cele- 

 brations. Spiritual aspects. 



July — In charge of F. C. Schneider. "Heat and Horticulture." Climate and range 

 of horticultural products. The heat factor in the seasons as affecting horticultural suc- 

 cess. House temperature and house plants. Soils and temperature. Shade and tem- 

 perature. Sterilization by heat. Heat and gennination. 



August — In clmrge of Chas. W. Wilde. "Plant Nutrition." Enunciation of germ 

 principles. Mineral fertilizers. The story of the nodules. Plants reaching for food. 

 Illustrations. Water culture. Experiments. Lessons in application of plant food. 



September — In charge of John F. Nellist. "Soils and Horticulture." Adaptation of 

 varieties to soil. Comparative ability of soils to hold water. Illustrations. The mak- 

 ing of soils. Handling different soils. Economy of mixing soils. What soils will not 

 pay in horticulture. 



October — In charge of Mrs. Julia L. Fletcher. "Feminine Interest in Horticulture." 

 Some illustrations from literature. The relation of the garden to domestic economy. 

 Health and beauty, subserved by interest in the green things growing. The practice of 

 horticulture by women a broadening process. Some women who have succeeded in 

 commercial horticulture and how. 



November — In charge of C. S. Udell. "The Problem of Waste." In the soil. In the 

 house. As applied to manual processes. Of plant food. In handling of help, indoors 

 and outdoors. Husbanding natural resources. An apology for the idler. 



December — In charge of Robert D. Graham. "Legislation and Horticulture." As 

 affecting education. Promoting an interest in horticulture. In fighting enemies. Ad- 

 vertising resources. Any present needs. 



