184 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Wednesday Morning Session. 

 9 o'clock: 



1 — Election of Officers for ensuing year. 



2 — Are Michigan Apples deteriorating? 



3 — Fighting the Codling Moth. 



4 — Reinvigorating old Apple Orchards. 



5 — Upon what does Future Successful Apple Growing Depend ? 



6 — The Pleasant Art of Grafting: Its Importance and Usefulness. 



Afternoon Session. 



School Horticulture. 

 1:30 o'clock: 



1 — How to Teach Horticulture. 



2 — Practicability of giving Instruction in Common Schools. 



3— The School Garden. 



4 — The Kindergarten as a Foundation for Technical instruction in Horticulture. 



5 — Educational Advantages of Embellishing School premises. 



Evening Session. 



7 o'clock: 



Discussion on the Comparative Merits of the Prominent Newer Varieties of Fruits. 



8 o'clock: 



Address by Hon. Edwin Willits, President of the State Agricultural College; 

 Subject: "Culture and Horti-culture." 



Thursday Morning Session. 



9 o'clock: 



1 — Pedigree as Affecting Progress in Securing the Best Varieties. 

 2 — Pleasures and Trials in Testing New Sorts. 

 3 — Testimonials with Reference to New Sorts — our duty. 



4— Fruit Juices and Syrups. How can we Build up an Industry in their Manu- 

 facture ? 

 5 — Fruit Retarding Houses — Notes and New Features. 

 11:30 o'clock: 



Address by Dr. C. E. Davison, of Way land; Subject: " Relation of Foods to 

 Intellectual Development." 



Afternoon Session. 

 1:30 o'clock: 



Reports of Standing Committees of the Society. 



2:30 o'clock. The Public Park a Humanizing Town Attribute: 



1 — The Duty of Cities and Villages. 



2 — A Place of Legitimate Recreation. 



3 — An Educator. 



4 — Importance of Correct Taste in Building and Maintaining Parks. 



6 — Some Thoughts upon Construction. 



7 — Utilization of Fair Grounds for Park Purposes. 



Evening Session. 



7 o'clock: 



Reports of Committees. 



8 o'clock: 



Lecture by Prof . M. Miles, recently of Amherst, Massachusetts; Subject: "Life 



on the Farm." 

 Final Resolutions — Adjournment. 



