384 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



HILLSDALE COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



REPORTED BY R. J. CORYELL. 



President — Alexander Hewitt. 

 Vice President — Chas. R. Coryell. 

 Secretary — L. B. Agard. 

 Treasurer — John F. Fitzsimmons. 



This society was organized in May and has since held one meeting. The 

 present intentions are to have four meetings per year. The society, although 

 hardly yet in working order, has a membership of over fifty and receives the 

 hearty support of the general public and the local press, thus giving much 

 encouragement to its future existence. 



PROGRAMME. 



May 5. 



Music. 



Paper — The ruthless distraction of birds — Rev. Wra. Denman. /> 



Address — The benefits of a Horticultural Society to a community — Chas. W. Gar- 

 field of Grand Rapids. 



Organization and election of officers. 

 Music. 



August 21. 



Music. 



Address — Origination of new varieties of fruits — Prof. L. H. Bailey of the Agricult- 

 ural College. 

 Discussion. 



Paper — Home adornment — Rev. W. W. Wetmore. 

 Discussion. 



Paper— Sti-awberry culture— A. S. Knowles. 

 Discussion. 

 Music. 



Paper — Injurious insects and insecticides — R. J. Coryell. 

 Discussion. 

 Music. 



The paper by Rev. Wm. Denman was a most excellent and exhaustive one 

 and was printed in the county papers, the Michigan Horticulturist, and 

 copious extracts were made by many agricultural papers in the country. 



The paper on home adornment by the Rev. Wetmore treated of many 

 matters connected with the rural home which are often ranked as non-essential, 

 and dwelt upon the fact that enough to eat, drink and wear, and a shelter for 

 lodging does not constitute the sum of home attractions. He pictured, in 



