650 BOARD OF AGKICULTURE. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY— Continued. 



Report of State Entomologist— Continued. page 



Hessian Fly 332 



Map Showing Counties Affected with Hessian Fly 333 



Financial Statement 334 



List of Indiana Nurserymen 335 



Report on Experimental Orchard 342 



Propagating from Bearing Trees 343 



Forestry in Relation to Fruit Growing 345 



Appointment of Committees 354 



Horticulture 354 



Women in Floriculture and Horticulture 3G3 



Modern Methods of Fruit Culture « 368 



The Ben Davis Apple 383 



Spraying 385 



Spraying as a Profession 389 



Election of Officers 398 



Award of Premiums on Fruit 399 



Report of Committee on President's Address. 401 



Report of Auditing Committee 402 



A Fruit Package Law for Indiana 403 



Legislative Committee Appointed on Fruit Package Law 405 



Henry Ward Beecher as a Horticulturist 406 



Indiana Horticultural Society 407 



Seedlings Not Desirable 408 



Pears in Indiana 409 



Price of Nursery Trees 409 



A Prediction Now Verified 409 



Small Fruits and Pie Plant ' 410 



Floriculture 411 



The Seasons in Indiana 411 



Letter from Henry Ward Beecher, December 1844 412 



Paper by Calvin Fletcher on Peach Blight 423 



Reports of Local Societies and Miscellaneous Items— 



Of Vice-President of Northern District 425 



Of Wayne County Agricultural and Horticultural Society 426 



Of Lagrange County Agricultural and Horticultural Society. . 429 



Pioneer Housekeeping 430 



Prevention of Bitter Rot 437 



What the Canker Looks Like 438 



Preventive Measures 438 



Importance of Health in Bark of Tree 439 



Pear Blight 441 



Spraying as a Trade 442 



