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STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



ill water before it is placed in the cage. 

 A small bottle sank into the earth at the 

 bottom of the cage ^Yill hold the plants 

 upright, and if kept filled with fresh 

 water will keep the plants more fresh. 



Insects may be sent by mail at a very 

 light expense. They may be pinned to a 

 cork at the bottom of a light wooden 

 box — paste board boxes are apt to be 

 crushed in the mails — or wrapped care- 

 fully in cotton batting. Larval insects 

 should be inclosed, together with some 

 fresh food, in a perfectly tight box. 

 They need no air, and in close boxes 

 the food will keep more fresh. 



I close this paper with the hope that 

 some may be led, by its production, to 



»s^ study those pages of nature which ever 



class 



p2g_-^-^'''''''''il!}fi g serve to interest and give valuable in- 



m struction to him who is so hap^^y as to 



be led to their perusal. The writer is 



Insect Breedixg Case. ,• ,;i^i l^a -(-^ \f . a tt t a i-\ 



indebted to Mr. ^S. Upton, of the junior 

 in the Michigan Agricultural College, for the above drawings. 



EESOLUTIOXS COXCER^'IXG SCHOOL GROUNDS. 



Prof. Whitney, who was chosen a committee to present some method of carry- 

 ing out the suggestions contained in Mr. Latta's paper, reported the following 

 which was unanimously adopted : 



liesolved, That it is within the province of this Society to encourage the decoration 

 of country school grounds, and we should do so ])y offering;premiums to enlist the 

 attention of the people and thus secure a great improvement in the places where 

 our children spend so much time. 



Eesolved^ That in the opinion of our Society, local societies should give more at- 

 tention to this matter and use prizes and various other means to improve public 

 grounds, school yards and roadsides. 



The Society took a short recess until evening. 



Wednesday Evening Session, 



The first paper of the evening was from the pen of Mr. George Parmelee, 

 who regretted that his state of healtli would not admit of his being present. 

 The paper was his report as delegate to tlie Illinois and Indiana conventions 

 of horticulturists. 



IIOPvTICULTURE IN OUR SISTER STATES. 



Mr. President^ and Mcmlers of the State Poniological Society : 



In accordance with the wish of our society, I liad the pleasure of attending the 

 annual meetings of both the Illinois and Indiana State Horticultural Societies 

 in December last. 



The meeting of the Illinois society was held in the State capitol at Spring- 



