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COLDWATER HOimCULTUUAL CLUB. 



OFFICERS. 



President — Geo. W. Fisk. 

 Vice President — E. J. Moss. 

 Secretary — J. D. W. Fisk. 

 Treasurer — Mrs. M. Atyeo. 



[The only record of the transactions of this society which I have is the fol- 

 lowing newspaper report sent me by Secretary Fisk. — Secretary.] 



The annual meeting of the Coldwater Horticultural Club was held Friday, 

 Jan. 10th, at the house of G. W. Fisk, in Coldwater township. After the usual 

 opening exercises the annual reports of Secretary and Treasurer were called 

 for. The financial report was as follows : 



Whole amount passed into the treasury during the year $7 50 



Paid out for printing 50 



Freight on box of State reports 40 



Expenses of Secretary to meeting of State Society at Jackson 3 25 



Leaving a balance in tlie treasury of ^ 35 



The following is the Secretary's report: 



The number of meetings held during the year is six, which were at the fol- 

 lowing places : J. E. Wilcox, H. S. Hill, J. H. D. Warren, J. D. W. Fisk, 

 Harvey Haynes and Hiram Horton. Some of the meetings the latter part of 

 the year were omitted because of the inability of the Secretary to give the mat- 

 ter attention. 



The subjects discussed at these meetings may be classed under two general 

 heads, to wit: The Garden, and Small Fruits. The garden was divided into 

 a number of topics, each of which was carefully opened up by some member 

 and thoroughly discussed by the Club. The garden topics were as follows : 

 '^The Growing of Roots for the Table and for Stock;" ^^The Culture and 

 Preservation of Cabbage;'' **How to Grow Asparagus, Melons and Cucumbers, 

 Tomatoes, Cauliflower and Lettuce." 



Under the head of small fruits nearly all kinds, except grapes, have been 

 quite thoroughly discussed. 



The following papers have been prepared and read before the Club during 

 the year : Mr, E. J. Moss, On the Garden and its Associations ; Mrs. Geo. W^. 

 Fisk, The Root: Mrs. H. Horton, Cooking Vegetables; Mrs. J. D. W. Fisk, 

 Salads; J. D. W. Fisk, The Tuber and the Bulb; Mrs. E. J. Moss, The Con- 

 struction and Manasrement of Hot-beds: Mrs. H. S. Hill, Color and Era- 

 grance ; Mrs. A. H. Legg, Preserving Small Fruits ; Mrs. Filkins, Preserving 

 Tomatoes ; Miss H. E. Moss, Utility of Flowers ; Mr. Isaac Grundy, The 

 Propagation of Fruit Trees; a beautiful poem by Mrs. Dr. Newberry, * 'Origin 

 of the Strawberry;" and lastly, the report of the Secretary of the proceedings 

 cf the meeting of the State Pomological Society and discussions thereon. 



The following persons have joined the Club during the past year: Mr and 

 Mrs. Herman Horton, Mr. and Mrs, H. S. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gray, 



