THE SECRETARY'S PORTFOLIO. 



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terly, The Industrialist, Boston Post, Feuit Recorder, Scientific Ameri- 

 can and Benton Harbor Palladium. 



The following is a list of persons who have contributed to tlie Portfolio for 

 the past year: Chas. E. Brown, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; Prof. W. J. Beal; 

 Rev. Charles Arnold, Paris, Canada; Parker Earle, Cobdon, Illinois; Hon. 

 Marshall P. Wilder, H, E. Bidwell, Ur. Jno. A. Warder, Dr. Phene, Joseph 

 Lannin ; B. G. Smith, Cambridge, Mass, ; A. J. Caywood, New York; Dr. 

 Hoskins, Vermont; N. Ohmer, Ohio; Prof. J. L. Budd, Iowa; Prof. W. W. 

 Tracy; Prof. G. C. Caldwell, New York; W^illiam Falconer, Boston, Mass.; 

 Samuel Parsons, Flushing; Chas. E. Parnell, New York; Prof. A.J. Cook; 

 Prof. James Law, N. Y. ; Sir John Lubbock ; William Saunders, Washington, 



D. C. ; W. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y. ; Prof. W. R. Lazenby, Columbus, 

 Ohio; Geo. W. Campbell, Ohio; W. A. Buckhout; Peter Henderson, N. Y. ; 

 James Vick, Rochester; Granville Cowing, Indiana; 0. B. Galusha, 111.; L. 

 A. Foote; Cassius M. Clay, Ky. ; Chas. A, Green, Clifton, N. Y. ; P. T. 

 Quinn, New Jersey; S. B. »Peck ; Prof. S. A. Knapp, Iowa; Josiah Hoopes, 

 Penn. ; President T. T. Lyon, A. M. Purdy, President Albaugh ; Prof. J. 

 Henry Comstock, N. i. ; Matthew Crawford, Ohio; J. W. Pierce, Mass. ; H. 

 Ives, New York; J. M. Smith, Green Bay, Wis.; Thomas Meehan ;. Prof. C. 



E. Bessey, Iowa; Prof. Emil Baur, Ann Arbor; E. M. Potter, Kalamazoo; 

 Prof. C. D. Lawton; Rev. S. B. Smith, Ohio; Prof. S. A. Forbes, 111. ; S. L. 

 Fuller, Grand Rapids; E. W. Shambarger, Ohio; I. H. Butterfield, Port 

 Huron ; and S. R. Fuller, Eaton Rapids. 



For purposes of reference and general convenience, I present the following 

 analysis of the contents of the Portfolio : 



2. House plants. 



3. Use of flowers. 

 E — Landscape Gardening. 



A — Scientific and Experimental 

 B — The Nursery. 

 C — Fruit-Growing. 



Mulching. 



1. Training, pruning, and thinning. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



Fertilizers. 



Birds, insects, and diseases. 



Storing, marketing and, preserv- 



6. 



7. 

 8. 



ing. 



Varieties. 



Small fruits. 



Profits, real and prospective. 



D — Floriculture. 

 1. The flower garden. 



1. 

 3. 



Arrangement of grounds. 



Ornamental trees, shrubs, and 

 vines. 

 F — Arboriculture. 



1. Roadside planting. 



2. Timber planting. 



G — Vegetable Garden. 

 H — School Horticulture. 

 I — Miscellaneous. 



Secretary. 



