THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



The minutes of the meeting of August 26, 1911, were read and 

 approved. 



There being no other business before the society, adjournment 

 was taken at 3 :35. 



George V. Nash. 



Secretary. 



October 18, 191 1 



A meeting of the society was held on Wednesday. October 18, 

 1911, at 4 P. A'l., in the East Assembly Hall, American Museum 

 of Natural History, the president presiding. 



The minutes of the meeting of September 16, 1911, were read 

 and approved. 



The following persons, having accepted the invitation of the 

 council to become annual members, were referred by that body 

 to the society for action : 



Mrs. F. T. Adams, Mrs. McDougall Hawkes. 



The following persons applied for annual membership, were 

 approved by the Council and referred by that body to the society 

 for action : 



J. T. Lovett, Dr. R. A. Harper. 



The secretary was instructed to cast an affirmative ballot for 

 the election of the four persons. This was done and the parties 

 declared elected annual members. 



The following resignation was accepted : 

 Parker Thayer Barnes 



There being no further business before the society, the lecture 

 announced for the day, " The Northwest and its Fruit Industry," 

 was delivered by Mr. George V. Nash, who illustrated his re- 

 marks with a series of lantern slides made from photographs 

 secured during a visit to that region during the past summer. 

 The lecture follows : 



The Northwest and its Fruit Industry 

 That portion of the Northwest in which the fruit industry, especially 

 the cultivation of the apple, flourishes is known as the Inland Empire, a 

 vast area about 150,000 square miles in extent, embracing the territory 

 between the Rocky mountains on the east and the Cascade mountains on 

 the west, and including within its confines a small portion of British 



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