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Article I. — Name, Territory, and Objects, 



The name of the society shall be, the Michigan State Horticultural 

 Society, and territory shall be the State of Michigan. Its objects shall 

 be the development of an adequate appreciation of the peculiar adaptation 

 of the soils and climate of the State to the pursuit of horticulture in all its 

 branches, and the collection and dissemination of information bearing upon 

 the theory and practice of the same, as well as upon the arts and sciences 

 directly or indirectly associated therewith, or calculated to elevate and 

 improve the practice thereof. 



The remainder of the constitution and the by-laws were adopted as 

 reported by the committee, without opposition. 



After the adoption of the report by the committee on resolutions, the 

 society adjourned. 



The union fair of the State Agricultural and Horticultural Societies 

 occurred at Detroit, September 13th to 20th, 1880. 



The arrangement constituting the division superintendents chairmen of 

 the viewing committees proved highly satisfactory. 



With an unusual abundance of fruit in the State the number of entries 

 was just one thousand, one-third less than last year, with an unusually short 

 crop. 



An unusual and interesting entry was made in Division W. Bouquets 

 and floral designs of a number of sheets of mounted leaves, by three stu- 

 dents of the Agricultural College, illustrating leaf classification. 



A special committee was selected to examine the entry, who reported : 

 We have taken especial pleasure in viewing the work of Messrs. W. H. Bris- 

 tol, J. E. Eddie, and C. M. Weed, of Lansing, and recommend a premium of 

 five dollars to each of them, in consideration of the labor and pains taken 

 in perfecting the display. We think it should be the policy of the society 

 to encourage such exhibitions for decorative and educational purposes. 



At a meeting of the executive board held at Detroit during the State 

 Fair on September 13th to 17th, 1880, the arrangements were completed for 

 the issue of the new life membership certificates and diplomas, blanks for 

 which were to be prepared by the Calvert Lithographing Company. 



On November 4th, 1880, a meeting of the executive board was held at 

 Lansing. 



The request of Mr. Lewis, of Ganges, that members of local auxiliary 

 societies be made voting members of the State Society, was laid on the table 

 for consideration at the annual meeting. 



At the session of the executive board held during the annual meeting, at 

 Ann Arbor, on December 7th, 1880, the by-laws were so amended as to pro- 

 vide that any person paying one dollar as member of an auxiliary society 

 shall be constituted also a full member of the State Horticultural Society, 

 upon the remittance of one-half that sum, together with his name, by the 

 secretary of such auxiliary society to the secretary of the State Society. 



The annual meeting of the State Horticultural Society was held at Ann 

 Arbor, on December 6th to 8th, 1880, upon the invitation of the Washtenaw 

 County Pomological Society. There were nearly one hundred delegates in 

 attendance from other counties of tliis State; also Charles Arnold and 

 William Saunders as delegates from the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, 

 Dr. John A. Warder, President of the Ohio Horticultural Society, and J. S. 



