DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 55 



PUBLIC LECTURES. 



Two invitations to give addresses in the open air, at county fairs were 

 refused. 



By invitation of the lecture bureau of the Patrons of Husbandry, I gave a 

 lecture in this State at Macon, Madison, Palmyra, Lansing, and should have 

 given one at Otsego, were it not for inclement weather. I gave several lec- 

 tures in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. I lectured at louia, at a meeting of the 

 Teachers' Association of Ionia and Montcalm counties. 



ILLINOIS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



By invitation I gave an address to the winter meeting of this society held 

 in Kankakee. 



THE STATE AGRICULTURAL AND THE STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES OF 



WISCONSIN. 



I gave an address at a union meeting of these two societies, held in the 

 State capitol. The Legislature was in session. One object in inviting me to 

 speak was to learn about our agricultural college. 



YISITING COLLEGES. 



During the winter vacation, I visited four agricultural colleges; those at 

 Champaign, Illinois; Lafayette, Indiana; Columbus, Ohio; Madison, Wis- 

 consin. 



OUR STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



I gave a lecture on "the Structure and Growth of a Tree." at the winter 

 meeting held in Flint, I also read a paper at the meeting held iti Hudson. 

 The last report contains four or five other papers prepared by myself. I read 

 a paper at the Ionia meeting. 



THE STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. 



I performed considerable work in preparing for the annual meeting held 

 during the holidays, in Representative hall, of our capitol. I exhibited some 

 work of my botanical students, and took about a dozen compound micruscopes 

 to an evening entertainment. I read a short address as president of the 

 society. 



THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY- 



I attended the biennial session of this society held in Philadelphia, and was 

 re-elected secretary, which position I accepted very reluctantly. The next 

 ing will be held in Michigan. 



In filling the office of secretary, it is my duty to edit, during the winter 

 vacation, a quarto volume of about two hundred and thirty |)ages, as the pro- 

 ceedings of the society. 



Governor Begole appointed me to represent the State at the Louisville expo- 

 sition, but I was obliged to decline the honor, on account of work at tlie col- 

 lege during the autumn term. 



THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL SCIEXCE. 



I attended during the summer vacation, the annual meeting held at Minne- 

 apolis, Minnesota, and presented some notes on grasses. In the absence of 

 the president, I acted in that capacity during the meeting. No other mem- 

 ber of our faculty attended. 



