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carried on in connection with the Agricultural College. By using the facili- 

 ties and apparatus already accumulated and by engaging the services of the 

 men already employed in teaching and experimenting, a great saving of 

 expense may be made and an immediate advantage in experiment will be 

 gained. Yet tlie experiments may in some cases very properly extend into 

 various parts of the vState, by the detailiug of certain investigations to com- 

 petent farmers and fruit growers. This will be a necessary feature in the 

 testing of many fruits and other plants. 



President Lyon suggested that trials with our American varieties of plums 

 and the Russian sweet cherries, similar to those inaugurated by Prof. Budd 

 in Iowa, were promising. Some of our old and valued varieties of apples, 

 notably the Esopus, Yellow Bellflower and Rhode Island Greening, are giving 

 out in our State, and an investigation into the causes of this deterioration is 

 important to pomology. 



Mr. Rosencranz — An experiment station managed so as to test new varieties 

 on various soils and under different conditions, is of the utmost importance 

 to planters. 



At this juncture the committee on nominations made its report as follows: 



Your committee charged with the duty of recommending suitable officers 

 for the ensuing year respectfully report the following names: 



For President — T. T. Lyon, South Haven. 



For Secretary — Chas. W. Garfield, Grand Rapids. 



For Treasurer — S. M. Pearsall, Grand Rapids. 



For Members of the Executive Board — Evart H. Scott, Ann Arbor, and 

 Edwy C. Reid, Allegan. 



On motion the report was laid on the table. 



A communication was received from the Business Men's Association of 

 East Saginaw, inviting the members of the Society to lunch at the Bazaar on 

 Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock. 



Accepted with grateful acknowledgments. 



Adjourned for the day. 



Wednesday Morning Session. ' 



The meeting upon being called to order received a communication from 

 the mayor inviting the members to visit the city buildings at an hour to be 

 chosen by the society. Accepted for 11:30 o'clock. 



The first work of the morning being reports of officers, the society first 

 listened to the 



REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 



To the Executive Board and Members of the State Horticultural Society : 

 I have the honor to present to you my ninth annual report : 



RECEIPTS. 



In the Treasury Dec. 4, 1886 $1,2-36 06 



Received from State Agricultural Society 1 ,400 00 



Received from branch societies l^H 50 



Interest on bonds, mortgages, etc - 115 00 



Annual memberships 28 00 



From all other sources 41 00 



Aggregating $2,977 56 



