164 GENERAL HISTORY. 



{Rosa llanda); June Berry or Shad Bush, {AmelmicMer Canadensis); "Witch 

 Hazel, {Hamamelis Virginica); Red Twigged Dogwood, {Cornus stolonifera); 

 Snowberry, {Symphoricarpns racemosus); Indian Currant, {Symphoricarpus 

 vulgaris); Common Elder, (Sambiccus Canadensis); High Bush Cranberry, 

 {Viburnum opulus); Sassafras, {Sassafras officinale], and Hazel, {Corylus 

 Americana). 



As complementary to this 



T. T. Lyon, of South Haven, followed with a list of ''Twelve Good Intro- 

 duced Shrubs," as follows: 



Forsythia viridissima; Cydonia Japonica, (Flowering Quince) ; Exocfiarda 

 graiidiflora, (sometimes known as Spirea grandiflora) ; Syringa Fersica, 

 (Persian Lilac); Deutzia crenatafl. pi., (Double Flowering Deutzia); Deutzia 

 gracilis; Weigela rosea; Viburnum plicatum, (Japan snowball) ; Rhus coti- 

 nus, (Smoke Tree, Purple Fringe) ; Sjjirea Douglassi; Hibiscus Syriacus, 

 (Althea, Rose of Sharon) ; Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora (Hardy 

 Hydrangea). 



LAWN liEDDIXG 



was the title of a paper by W. K. Gibson, of Jackson, read in his absence 

 by E. H. Scott, giving many valuable suggestions respecting the accompani- 

 ments and management of the lawn. 



COUNTRY CKMETERY DECORATION 



was the subject of the final paper of the evening by R. T. McNaughton, 

 of Jackson. 



The first topic of the Thursday morning session was 



FRUITS OF THE BEST QUALITY. 



The topic included only fruit adapted to family use, but so habituated 

 were the speakers to the consideration of little beyond market values that 

 they very generally led off upon that consideration. 



The subject was discussed quite at length, considering each class of fruits 

 separately, but eliciting little that need be reproduced here. 



The committee to which the several reports of officers had been submitted 

 now reported; also the committee on exhibits, both of which were accepted 

 and adopted. 



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TRAINING THE VINE 



was next discussed for a short time, several modes of training being considered. 



STORING WINTER FRUITS 



was the next topic, the consideration of which was opened by a paper 

 from B. G. Buell, of Little Prairie Ronde. 



An original poem on ''Berries," by U. B. Webster, of Bentou Harbor, 

 closed the exercises of the morning session. 



