REPORTS OF AUXILIARY SOCIETIES. 



INGHAM COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



PKEPARED BY C. B. STEBBIKS, SEC'y. 

 OFFICERS FOR 1882. 



President — Prof. W. J. Beal, Lansing. 



Vice President — Dr. 0. Marshall, Lansing. 



Secretary — Geo. W. Parks, Lansing. 



Treasurer — W. H. Overholt, Mason. 



During the year 1881 the society has held ten meetings, which, though not 

 (with some exceptions) numerously attended, have been of much interest. 



Papers have been read upon the following subjects : " What shall I do with 

 my apple orchard?" Prof. Beal; "Adornment of cemeteries," Prof. Beal; 

 ''Location of cemeteries," Dr. 0. Marshall; "Management and keeping of 

 cemeteries," Wm. Appleton; "Roads, roadsides, and trees," Prof. R. C. Car- 

 penter; "Kitchen gardening," Robert Mann; "School-houses," Mrs. J. H. 

 Emery; "Selection and management of bedding plants," J. Cassidy; "Rais- 

 ing plums," Dr. 0. Marshall. Upon all these papers a free discussion ensued. 



Among other subjects upon which extempore addresses were made and gen- 

 eral discussion had, are the following : " Summary of an address of the Presi- 

 dent of the Ohio Horticultural Society," Wm. Van Buren ; "Management of 

 lawns," Prof. W. J. Beal; "Pear blight, keeping of grapes, etc." ; "Lessons 

 from the berry season," Ezra Jones; "Canning fruit," Mrs. D. L. Case; 

 "Grapes — varieties, propagation, enemies, etc. ;" "Apples — for home con- 

 sumption and for market," F. B. Johnson; "Report from meeting of State 

 society at South Haven," Prof. Beal. 



Several of the papers read and notes of discussions from the Secretary^ s 

 record have been published in the Lansing Republican. 



But twenty-two members were enrolled for the year, against thirty-eight for 

 the year 1880 ; but the general interest of the meetings has in no wise abated. 

 In keeping up this interest wei are greatly indebted to Prof. Beal. 



If the people could at all realize the benefit of our discussions, the interest 

 taken in them by those who attend, and the value of a two-dollar book — and 

 all for one dollar — we should soon need a large hall for meetings, instead of the 

 pleasant little room of the State Horticultural Society. 



