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Societies. 



WHAT SOME ARE DOING. 



Muskegon County Horticultural 

 Society. — The following are the newlv 

 elected officers: President, S. A. Aldrich; 

 vice-president, R. M. Pett; secretary, F. 

 W. Schettler; treasurer, F. Bluhm; mem- 

 bers of the executive committee, C. E. 

 Whitney and Orman Baxter. 



Iowa Horticultural Society. — A 

 largely attended and interesting meeting 

 of this society was held recently at 

 Sigourney, at which the following officers 

 were elected for the coming year: Presi- 

 dent, C. F. Gardner; vice-president, M. J. 

 Wragg, Waukee; secretary, Geo. Van 

 Houton, Lenox; treasurer, W. M. Bone- 

 berger, Harlan. 



Bangor Horticultural Society. — The 

 annual meeting was held at the Board of 

 Trade rooms on Monday, January 3, Mr. 



A. L.Simpson presiding. The treasurer's 

 report showed the society to be in a 

 sound financial condition. The election 

 of officers for the ensuing year resulted as 

 follows: President, A. L. Simpson; vice- 

 president, F. H. Duffy; secretary-treas- 

 urer, E. M. Blanding; executive commit- 

 tee, Fred C. Low, F. H. Duffy, J.S. Rowe, 

 together with the president and secretary. 

 This is the senior society of the kind in 

 the county. 



Washtenaw Agricultural and Hor- 

 ticultural Society. — Hereafter this soci- 

 ety will be called the Washtenaw Fair 

 Society. The following officers were 

 recently elected: J. F. Avery, president; 



B. D. Kelly, vice-president; F. E. Mills, 

 secretary; F. H. Belser, treasurer. The 

 following are the board of managers: 

 P. Toumy, W. Aprill, G. Aprill, W. E. 

 Bovden, Isaac Savery, A. J. Sawver, E. 

 E. "Leland, B. D. Geer, F. Chapin,' J. H. 

 Andrews, J. Heppler, E. J. Hebber, M. 

 Seabolt, W. E. Stocking, S. W. Millard, 

 0. M. Martin, H. Richards, F. B. Braun, 

 W. F. Bird, H. P. Glover, A. C. Schu- 

 macher, H. Ball and H. S. Dean. 



Greene County Horticultural Soci- 

 ety. — The crowd in attendance at the 

 meeting held on New Year's day was 

 among the largest in the history of the 

 society, and after partaking of a sumptu- 

 ous dinner the meeting was called to 

 order by President-elect Howell, after 

 which the reports of the standing commit- 

 tees were read. Many of the members 

 expressed the opinion that the society 

 should use its influence in having the 

 streets and public highways planted with 

 shade trees. The following are the stand- 

 ing committees for 1898. Orchards — W. 

 A. Irvine, H. H. Park, G. T.Tippin; small 

 fruit— W. T. Zink, G. W. Hopkins, E. H. 

 Tullis; vineyards— M. O. Cole, W. C. 

 Everingum, Rev. John Brereton; vege- 

 tables— R. G. Hotham, S. B.Mortmer, W. 

 H. Ritter; flowers — Miss E. Lindsay, Mrs. 

 Winton, Mrs. A.W. Howell; ornamentals 

 — Dr. Hensley, Dr. Boude, G. A. Atwood; 

 entomology — Miss Emma Park, Mrs. 

 Mortimer, Dr. Hensley. 



Texas State Floral Society.— This 

 society is at present in a remarkably 

 flourishing condition, both financially 

 and in point of membership. Next month 

 the advanced premium list will be pub- 

 lished for the show to be held this year, 

 and will be sent to all members. All 

 flower growers of Texas may become 

 members on application. The new officers 

 are as follows: President, J. W. Barnett; 

 first vice-president, Mrs. S. W. Cohen; 

 second vice-president, Mrs. C. Harrisop; 



GARDENING. 



recording secretary, Mrs. Louis Crow; 

 financial secretary, Mrs. H. H. Godber. 



Ottawa County Horticultural Soci- 

 ety. — The following are the officers elected 

 for the year 1S98: President, R. M. Har- 

 rison; secretary, J. W. Gamble; treasurer, 

 W. Bredbeck; executive committee, T. W. 

 Payne, W. H. Owen and W. Miller. 



Spring Palace Association. — Matters 

 relative to holding a flower carnival next 

 spring were discussed at a meeting held 

 December 30, 1897. The following con- 

 stitute the board: Mrs. W. A. Adams, 

 Mrs. B. Saunders, Mrs. Virginia Ford, 

 Mrs. B. B. Paddock, Mrs. Drew Pruit, 

 Mrs. C. C. French, and Messrs. W. G. 

 Turner, N. M. Washer, M. C. Hurley, H. 

 C. Hollowav, E. H. Loure, J. A.T. Evans 

 and C. W. Hoelzle. 



Kansas Horticultural Society. — At 

 the thirty-first annual meeting of this so- 

 ciety held at Tooeka last week, the follow- 

 ing interesting papers were read: "Small 

 Fruit"— J. F. Cecil, Topeka; "Vineyards" 

 — A. Oberndorf, Centralia; "Vegetable 

 hardening" — F. Tompkins, North 

 Topeka; "Economic Points in Fruit 

 Growing" — E. E. Fayville, professor of 

 horticulture in the state agricultural col- 

 lege. Walter Wellhouse was heard on 

 insecticides and fungicides, in which he 

 spoke of the importance of spraying for 

 coddling moth, curculio and canker worm. 



Jasper County Horticultural Soci- 

 ety. — A special committee has been 

 appointed to look up prices on berry box 

 wood, to report at a meeting to be held 

 January 15. At that time an order for 

 one or two car loads of box wood will be 

 placed by the society in preparation for 

 the next season's berry crop. The mem- 

 bers showed a progressive spirit by vot- 

 ing to help send a pupil to the Missouri 

 State University at Columbia, by paying 

 part of his expenses. In return for the 

 assistance so rendered the pupil will be 

 expected to report to the society that its 

 members may get the benefit of his learn- 

 ing there. 



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Decorah Horticultural Society. — 

 This society was organized December 18 

 with the following as charter members: 

 Ed Blakeman. R. F. Tyler, Rev. John 

 Ridley, H. A Bigelow. John Elwick, Dr. 

 E. Cartwright, E. H. Rygg, Chas. Brog- 

 hamer, 0. A. Berg, Frank Hanson and 

 0. O. Lomen. The following board of 

 officers was chosen: Ed. Blakeman, pres- 

 ident; R. F. Tyler, secretary; Rev. J. Rid- 

 ley, H. A. Bigelow and John Elwick, ex- 

 ecutive committee. The next meeting is 

 called for the first Saturdav in February. 



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