ANNUAL MEETING AT SAGINAW. 513 



EXPENDITURES. 



Expenses of delegates to kindred societies $195 88 



Postage Secretary's office 33 08 



Incidentals of quarterly meetings 47 56 



For local societies 8 60 



Exchanges in reports 7 10 



Incidentals connected with volume '86 14 15 



To Mr. Lyon for compiling history 300 00 



Incidentals connected with volume '87 6 30 



For printing, blanks, and stationery. - 28 40 



Incidentals at state Fair 261 00 



Executive Board expenses 148 44 



Library 134 1 1 



Treasurer's incidentals .-. 3 50 



Secretary's salary. 800 00 



President's postage 6 00 



Total disbursements $1,994 12 



In conclusion allow me to suggest that our society recognize the fact that 

 one person cannot attend the duties of too many societies, and that we cannot 

 expect to have a horticultural society thrive in a locality where a successful 

 grange or farmers' club is organized as distinct from these organizations. 

 Further, that the widest latitude must be given to horticultural societies 

 organized where other rural associations do not exist. And we must recog- 

 nize the fact that usually a successful society is built up by one or two per- 

 sons who have genius for such work, and these people must be secured and 

 enlisted in order to succeed. A.nd our own society will succeed and main- 

 tain its position only by keeping up its enthusiastic enterprise looking 

 toward the accomplishment of some special objects from year to year. 



On motion the report was accepted and such parts as referred to the finances 

 of the society were placed with the auditing committee for comparison. 



The president next presented a paper in the form of a report upon 



OBSERVATIONS IN THE WEST AND NORTH. 

 BY PRESIDENT T. T. LYON. 



With the desire to gain a nearer view of some of the tribulations which are 

 understood to environ the horticulture of the northwest, we started on the 

 13th of August for a visit to Wisconsin; going by the way of Grand Haven 

 and via steamer to Milwaukee, thence by rail to Pewaukee, the home of 

 George P. Pelfer, well known throughout the northwest as a successful and 

 reliable nurseryman and orchardist; and also as an acute observer, experi- 

 menter and originator of new fruits. We reached there by an early morning 

 train, finding him at the station, and went at once to his place, where the day 

 was spent in looking over his extensive plantations for both orchard and 

 experimental purposes. 



The location being but twenty miles from the west shore of Lake Michi- 

 gan, though on the wrong side to enjoy the full benefit of its influence in 

 winter, is still the recipient of important benefits as compared with the regions 

 still further west and north. Many of the popular fruits of Michigan and 

 the east are grown here with success, save that an occasional crucial winter, 

 such as has several times occurred within the last few decades, proves too 



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