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the trees were subjected, the attacks of the worm, the form- 

 ation and spread of the " fungi." 



Mr. Smyth of Syracuse, N. Y., thought the trouble was in 

 the seedling. He had noticed the blight in the wood about 

 three weeks ago. But what he wanted to get at was, why the 

 blight seemed to spread as it did ? 



After some further discussion, the convention adjourned to 

 meet in the morning at 9 o'clock. 



THIRD DAY. 



The morning session, as well as all the rest of the meetings 

 of the Society for this day, we were unable to attend, for the 

 following reasons: The exchange of Michigan fruit for col- 

 lections from other States, to bring home for exhibition at the 

 Second Annual Fair of the Michigan State Pomological Society, 

 was effected the evening before, and in order to arrive here in 

 time for our own Fair, we were obliged to forego the pleasure 

 of attending the sessions of the day, as before stated, and 

 attend to the package and shipment of these collections, of 

 which Marshall P. Wilder sent 230 varieties of pears, a large 

 number of varieties of the same kind of fruit from Smith, 

 Clark, and Powell of New York. Southern Illinois, which 

 was so well represented by Mr. D. B. Wier and others, decided 

 to send her collection entire. North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 Virginia, Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, California, 

 Kansas, Nebraska, and other States contributed to the collec- 

 tion, which it is deeply regretted could not have been seen by 

 the people who visited our Fair, in the same state of perfection 

 as when it left Eichmond. 



The delay of the express company, however, was such that 

 it was found upon taking the collection from the packages 

 that many specimens were injured so as to sadly detract from 

 their appearance, while a large amount was entirely destroyed, 



