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son, Bay City; L. L. Lance, Glenn; Nathan Neff, Wayne; J. G. Ramsdell, 

 Traverse City ; C. N. Merriman, Pentwater; II. Dale Adams, Galesburg; E. 

 Bnell, Kalamazoo; J. E. Barringer, Armada; Frank S. Burton, Midland! City ; 

 M. Shoemaker, Jackson; Allegan County Pomological Society; Michigan 

 Lake Shore Fruit Growers' Association ; A. C. Glidden, Paw Paw; Wm. Ball, 

 Hamburg; A. 0. Uyde, Marshall; W. II. Cobb, Kalamazoo; J. M. Sterling, 

 Monroe; E. W. Rising, Davison Station ; D. T. Dewey, Owosso; A. F.Wood, 

 Mason; C. E. Davison, Wayland ; K. F. Johnstone, Detroit; Franklin Wells, 

 Constantine; G. W. Phillips, Romeo; II. G. Wells, Kalamazoo: J. F. Romer, 

 Bay City; Geo. E. Steele, Elk Rapids; A. P. Gray, Traverse City ; S. W. 

 Fowler, Manistee; F. J. Dowland, Ludington; E. J. Shirts, Shelby; J. Q. A. 

 Burrington, Tuscola; Wm. L. Webber, East Saginaw; W. 0. Fritz, Pompei ; 

 James Satterlee, Greenville ; S. B. Peck, Muskegon ; N. A. Beecher, Flushing; 

 J. B. Barnes, Owosso; S. S. Walker, St. Johns; W. D.Arnold, Ionia; Grand 

 River Valley Horticultural Society; J. C. Holmes, Detroit; D. B. Briggs, 

 Romeo; C. K. Carpenter, Orion; Lewis Scott, Brighton; W. Asa Rowe, 

 Mason ; Mrs. R. M. Cook, Charlotte ; A. C. Town, Milo ; Saugatuck and 

 Ganges Pomological Society; E. W. Cottrell, Greenfield; Ann Arbor Pomo- 

 logical Society; H. F. Thomas, Jackson; J. N. Stearns, Kalamazoo; Lawton 

 Pomological Society; Adrian Horticultural Society; C. R. Coryell, Jonesville; 

 Coldwater Horticultural Society; B. G. Buell, Little Prairie Ronde ; A. 0. 

 Winchester, St. Joseph; S. B. Mann, Adrian; George Parmelee, Old Mission; 

 E. F. Guild, East Sagiijaw ; N. Chilson, Battle Creek; S. M. Pearsall, Grand 

 Rapids; T. T. Lyon, South Haven; Central Michigan Agricultural Society; 

 State Agricultural College. 



Aside from the above 10 volumes were sent to each of the following states 

 and institutions in exchange for their volumes: Maine Board of Agriculture 

 and Maine Pomological Society, Vermont Board of Agriculture, Massachusetts 

 Board of Agriculture and Horticultural Society, Connecticut Board of Agricul- 

 ture, Western New York Horticultural Society, Cornell University, New Jersey 

 Horticultural Society, Pennsylvania Board of Agriculture and Horticultural 

 Society, Georgia Horticultural Society, Louisiana Agricultural College, Ohio 

 Board of Agriculture and Horticultural Society, Indiana Board of Agriculture 

 and Horticultural Society, Illinois Board of Agriculture and Horticultural 

 Society, Iowa Agricultural College, Wisconsin Agricultural Society and Horti- 

 cultural Society, Kansas Board of Agriculture and Horticultural Society, On- 

 tario Fruit Growers' Association, Department of Agriculture, Toronto; Mont- 

 gomery County (Oiiio) Horticultural Society, Minnesota Horticultural Society, 

 Missouri State University. In addition to this, large numbers of volumes have 

 been sent out by express and mail to parties requesting copies. 



Previous to the general distribution of boxes about the state, I thought it 

 best to take the precaution to secure, if possible, the names of all the i>arties 

 into whose hands the volumes were placed, and to this end addressed the fol- 

 lowing letter to those who were to receive boxes : 



Michigan State Pomological Society, } 



Secretary's Office, Grand Kapids, April 28, 1879. j" 

 3Ty Dear Sir: — Owino^ to unavoidable delaj' our roports will not be shipped until 

 April 15. 1 desire that tliey he placed in appreciative hand.s. Jt costs much labor 

 and expense to make the voiumes, and I he society is begimiiiig to feel, although the 

 demand t<»r them camiot be supplied, that the work we are doiiio^ is not understood 

 or It wonhl he better Rnp[)orted. ]^ast year we sent out :^3'J0 copies and in return 

 received less than 150 members. I'resident Webber, of Mie fetate Agricultmal 

 SSocieiy, said of our society: "It is accomplishing a valuablo work for Michigan 



