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Bpal, of the American Pomological Society, calling attention to the approach- 

 ing meeting of that society in our State, and urging that a strong delegation be 

 present to represent this locality, accompanied by a g -od display of its fruits. 

 A good many questions were asked and answered respecting the matter, after 

 which Professor L. H. Bailey, Jr., of the Agricultural College, read a paper 

 on " Things in a New Country not Generally Appreciated," the drift of which, 

 as well as its appropriateness to the locality and the occasion, will be readily 

 inferred from ihe title. 



The question, "Is the ' L«af Curl' of the Peach a Disease? " was answered 

 by T. T. Lyon — Xo. not in the sense in which disease is generally regarded. 

 It is a disease only in the sense in which grape mildew and other fungous 

 growths are a disease. 



" What is the Best Method of Destroying the Green Aphis on the Peach?" 

 was the next query, which elicited various suggestions, but none that had the 

 weight of experience to sustain them. Pyrethrum, white hellebore, and soap 

 suds were suggested as probable remedies. 



P". N. Stearns, of Kalamazoo, then discoursed on *' Some New, Good 

 Things in Horticulture." The new, good things considered were a few fruits 

 that had been long enough before the public to have pretty well established a 

 reputation. 



"Improvement of Fruits with Regard to Hardiness" was the subject of a 

 paper from Professor J. L. Budd, of Iowa, which was read by the secretary. 

 The summing up of the writer was: "Develop the hardiness of good sorts by 

 continually subjecting them to less severity than they can withstand. Do 

 not weaken them by undue exposure, but strengthen them by a proper 

 amount." 



Mr. W. H. Burr then presented the claims of a new monthly, to be called 

 ''The Michigan Horticulturist," to be edited by Secretary Garfield and pub- 

 lished by the W. H. Burr Publishing Company, of Detroit. 



The committee on exhibits were then called upon and submitted a very 

 complimentary report, which was accepted and ordered published. 



The committee on resolutions submitted a series of complimentary resolu- 

 tions which were accepted and adopted. 



A supplementary resolution on the recent decease of Charles H. Parker, of 

 Joyfieid, Benzie county, was submitted by J. W. Van Deman, which on 

 motion of S. M. Pearsall was adopted by a rising vote. 



A resolution of thanks to the members of the press was offered and adopted, 

 they having constituted the committee on resolutions, and very naturally 

 omitted all mention of their valuable aid. 



The convention then adjourned. 



In discussing the forestry problem Secretary Garfield quotes James S. 

 Brisbin as saying : "At the present rate ten, or at most twenty years, will 

 see the end of the forests of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin." 



Under the head of Forest Statistics the secretary, on what he regards as 

 the highest authority, places the present amount of lumber in Michigan at 

 fifty billion feet. 



Accepting these estimates as correct, and reckoning for twenty years, no 

 less than two billions, five hundred millions of feet must be annually cut into 

 lumber in Michigan — a work of destruction which is simply appalling, when 

 considered with reference to the future of our State. 



Secretary Garfield says: ''Nebraska has the honor of originating Arbor 



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