406 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Pear trees, severe pruning of desirable, 177. 

 Pea, synomys of varieties. 



varieties of, do tliey run out, 339. 

 Peas, experiments witL, 335. 



mildew of, 338. 

 Pests, native and imported, 101. 

 Post, L. J., paper by, 183. 



Potency, loss of by excessive blossoming, 187. 

 Plant world, evolution of the, 92. 

 Plants, how diffused over the world, 95. 

 Pruning of fruit trees insufficiently done. 177. 186. 

 Plums, domestic, at South Haven substation, 236. 



of Michigan, catalogue of, 382. 



tests of at South Haven substation, 289. 



varieties of in test, 236. 



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Quinces, of Michigan, catalogue, 384. 



tests of at South Haven substation, 300. 



R. 



Radishes, experiments with, 329. 



Rainfall, has there been a diminution of, 167. 



Raspberry, the culture of, 143, 149. 



preferred varieties of, 144. 

 Raspberries of Michigan, catalogue of, 384. 

 Raspberries, tests of at South Haven substation, 270. 



Agricultural college, 309. 

 Reid, Edwy C, paper by, 65, 215. 

 . remarks by, 82. 



report by, 268. 

 Resolutions, 13, 52, 53, 80. 

 Roads, ornamentation of, 56. 

 Rose, the, culture of, 250. 

 Rye in peach orchards not desirable, 196. 



S. 

 Secretary, annual report of, 268. 

 Slgler, Artemus, paper by, 168. 

 Scale insects, 18. 

 Scale insects of the peach, 350. 

 Scale, San Jose, 118. 



whitewash, of the peach, 350. \ 



Shade trees, paper upon, 217. 

 trimming of, 187. 

 Slay ton, A. W., report by, 264. 

 Spraying, 19, 15, 30, 76, 113, 166, 193. 

 law to compel, 355. 

 with pure kerosene, 118. 

 Strawberry, the, effect of drouth upon, 35, 36. 



frost, 36. 

 fertilizers for, 37. 

 methods of culture of, 38. 

 preferred varieties of, 34. 

 Strawberry-growing, discussion upon, 34. 

 Strawberries of Michigan, catalogue of. 386. 



rejected varieties of, 388. 

 Strawberries, tests of at Agricultural college, 302. 



South Haven substation, 266. 

 Small fruits, profitableness of. 155. 

 Smith, Elmer D., exhibit by. 78, 79. 

 paper by. 224. 



