138 GENERAL HISTORY 



The annual address of the president was then delivered. 



Tins was followed by notices of the decease of several members of the 

 society and other prominent horticulturists, anioug which were Mrs. George 

 Parnielee, Jas. Vick, S. 0. Knaj^p, Edward Bradfield, Charles Arnold, John 

 A. Warder, S. B. Peck and others. 



The subject of a meeting of the horticultural societies of Ohio, Indiana 

 and Michigan was discussed and referred to the executive board. 



" Eat-m County Horticulture" was the subject of an address by M. H. 

 Bailey, of the Eaton county society, in which the condition of fruit culture 

 in each township was separately considered, at considerable lengtli. 



The session closed with a discussion of the question, " What Can an Ex- 

 periment Station do for Hortictlture? " The question was quite fully dis- 

 cussed, but no action occurred on the subject. 



The Tuesday afternon session opened with a discussion of " The Nursery- 

 man's Duty to his Patrons," which was discussed very fully, but with no ex- 

 pression respecting the conclusions of the society. 



Professor A. J. Cook followed with an address on " New Insect Ravages in 

 Michigan," which was followed by a discussion of remedies. 



Clarence M. Weed next discussed ''Injurious and Beneficial Mites," fol- 

 lowed also by a discussion of the remedies therefor. 



The session closed with a paper by C. T. Rosenkrans, entitled " Success in 

 the Apple Orchard," with a short discussion following. 



At the commencement of the Tuesday evening session another half hour 

 was devoted to answering questions from the question box. 



Piofessor E. C. Kedzie, of the Agricultural College, then gave a lecture 

 on " Manures in Horticulture." The lecture was of considerable length, 

 and was replete with practical facts and valuable information. At its close 

 the lecturer was kept upon the stand for a long time replying to an avalanche 

 of questions. 



The Wednesday morning session opened with a resort to the question box. 



C. W. Idell next discoursed of " Methods in Marketing Fruits," treating 

 the various branches of the subject severally and adding notices of a few 

 popular varieties. 



W. A. Brown read a paper on " Horticultural Contrivances," which was 

 followed by a discussion, mainly upon the relative merits of hand and horse 

 lawn mowers. 



A short discussion followed on "The Best Use of Surplus Fruit," during 

 which drying and canning were considered ; also the danger of lead poison- 

 ing from the use of tin cans. 



The Wednesday afternoon session opened with the secretary's annual state- 

 ment, giving an epitome of the more important operations of the year. The 

 treasurer's report was then submitted, followed by that of the librarian. 



A verbal report was submitted by W. W. Tracy, chairman of the standing 

 committee on the vegetable garden. 



T. '^. Lyon, chairman of the standing committee on new fruits, then sub- 

 mitted his report for the year. 



This was followed by the report of the committee on revision of the State 

 catalogue of fruits, which ha I been delayed to await the action of the revis- 

 ers of the fruit catalogue of the American Pomological Society, under the 

 recently adopted rules of pomology of that society. 



The following persons were elected officers for the year 1884 : — 



