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of the house. He recommended that it be made once for all. Xothing would 

 answer short of stirring the ground two feet in depth ; then thorough fertiliz- 

 ing and smootliing, and grass seed rather than sod. Have no walks except 

 good ones, — and a good walk or drive requires considerable labor in tlie begin- 

 ning. Good gravel with clay enough in it to pack it eight inches in depth is a 

 requirement. 



In speaking of trees and shrubs, he gave the tonguey agent a cuff for selling 

 so many tender things and recommending them as hardy. No trees or shrubs 

 are so valuable for ornamental purposes as those gathered from the forests of 

 Michigan. Grouping requires skill, but experience in this instance is a pleas- 

 ant teacher. The one thing he liked best in the arrangement of grounds was 

 individuality — that is, sonictliing that bespeaks the peculiar taste of the family. 



Flowers he would have in abundance, but in a garden by themselves, and not 

 scattered promiscuously in beds over the lawn. Flowers are made to pick, and 

 the plants are better for the i)icking. Flowers should be placed all about the 

 house, and especially where the mother and daughters can have tlie benefit of 

 them while engaged in the various duties of the house. 



To meet the expense of adornment of his premises, the farmer should be more 

 of a business man, making more of his time, and not allowing everybody to 

 break into it any more than the merchant does. The farmer niiglit drop a good 

 many little vices, of which the use of tobacco is a type. Also give up the desire of 

 a large bank account at the expense of home comfort. Lastly, unite tire fam- 

 ily in the work of beautifying. A large part of the work can be performed by 

 children, as a beautiful pastime, and in so doing the family becomes more 

 united in other things, and bound together by bonds that cannot be severed. 

 And, best of all, as a result, memories of the most cherished sort are laid by for 

 the second childhood which so lingers over the experiences and pleasures of 

 youth. 



The last exercise of the evening was the 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OX NOMENCLATURE. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Michigan State Pomological Society : 



Your Committee on Nomenclature have the pleasure of congratulating the 

 society and the fruit growers of Michigan upon the growing improvement in 

 true and correct nomenclature in all those sections of the State over wliich our 

 labors have extended, a:;d also upon the solicitude of orchardists to correct the 

 lists of their fruits and the grateful good luunor in which the corrections of 

 their prevailing errors of names are received. We find, in the very fine and 

 higlily creditable display — of apples in particular — before us to-day, a wide 

 field and an abundant necessity for our labors, as has been tlie case at the other 

 places where our meetings have been held. But we note that whenever we hold 

 a second meeting in the same locality we do not find that prevalence of the 

 same errors, and we can very safely predicate upon these facts a very apparent 

 improvement in this direction in this progressive region of the State. The 

 labors of your committee, like the aims and mission of the Michigan State 

 Pomological Society, are purely educational. That we have met with a grati- 

 fying measure of success in these aims is shown ni the truer nomenclature at 

 our periodical exhibitions of fruits. It is from facts and results like these that 



