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produced so early, and abundantly, and continue so long in condition, that it 

 makes a most satisfactory return for all the care bestowed upon it. 



We also noticed good specimens of Farfugium grande and Ficus elastica 

 the latter with especially large and healthy leaves. There were also some 

 fine plants of geranium, coleus, etc. There was also a profusion of cut flowers 

 both from the garden and the field. A bunch of very perfect flowers of the 

 water lily, which attracted much attention. All the flowers were most skill- 

 fully and artistically arranged, and made the stage strikingly beautiful. "We 

 hope the beautiful display liere made by our friends from Benton Harbor and 

 vicinity, without the aid of the professional florist, will tempt others to do more 

 in ornamenting their homes. 



WILL. W. TRACY, 



MK. AND MRS. A. J. GOULD, 



Committee. 



The committee on resolutions reported as follows: 

 Mr. President and Members of the Michigan Horticultural Society : 



Your committee on resolutions would respectfully recommend the adoption 

 of the following : 



Resolved, That it is with a great deal of pleasure that we express our obligations 

 to our many good friends of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, for the cordial reception 

 they have extended to us as a society and as individuals, and for the numberless acts 

 of kindness that have been extended to us on every hand, from the time of our 

 arrival. It is an old saying, that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, 

 and when sitting at the tables loaded for our delectation, we have felt that our en- 

 tertainers fully believed the old "saw." But as we return to this hall prepared for 

 our assembly, we find that they know yet other approaches to the masculine heart, 

 and that our ears were to be pleased with music delightfully rendered by skilled 

 artists, and poetry suited to our aim and work; and our eyes were to be filled with 

 view^s of flowers and evergreens in elegant profusion. It is hard to say who has done 

 this, or to whom we are specially indebted, for it has seemed that every one we met 

 was engaged in something to add to the pleasure of the meeting. Most especially do 

 we owe our acknowledgments also for the very hearty manner in which we have 

 been made welcome to tlie homes of our entertainers. We believe that these 

 acknowledgments are more particularly due to the Berrien County Horticultural 

 Society, the Benton Harbor Grange, the Glee club, and the friends that have cooper- 

 ated with them, especially the ladies who have been so active in our behalf. 

 (Signed by the committee.) 



H. G. REYNOLDS, Old Mission. 



GEO. W. LAWTON, Lawton. 



G. L. SEAVER, South Haven. 



The report was adopted by a rising vote. 



The various reports were accepted, adopted, and ordered printed in the min- 

 utes of this meeting. 



The following resolution offered by Prof. Tracy was unanimously adopted : 



Besolved, That a committee be appointed, of which the Secretary shall be chair- 

 man, to draft some suggestions of the best means to secure the ornamentation of 

 school yards and to prepare a list of shrubs, herbaceous plants and annuals for this 

 purpose and direction for their management, and in some way to get such report 

 before the people. 



The President announced that the annual meeting would be held at South 

 Haven, and with the utmost good feeling the Society adjourned. 



