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the Society \you1c1 furnish theni. lie was the sole proprietor; the paper was 

 comparatively out of debt, and he hoped to be able to keep it up. 



Gen. Nutting again took up the subject of a delegation to the Pomological 

 Convention at Boston, and he hoped that the President and Secretary would 

 take up the matter and be authorized to do so, and see that the Society be 

 represented in that meeting by at least three delegates ; and to secure the 

 needful funds for that purpose. 



Carried. • 



The Chairman (Mr. Dart) begged pardon for not having at once invited the 

 President elect of the Societj' to the Chair. 



Mr. Smith was thereupon inducted into ofltice. Judge Baker hoping to hear 

 a speech from him. 



The new President expressed his doubts whether the meeting would care 

 to hear a speech from anybody when the dinner bell was ringing. He thanked 

 the Society for the honor conferred — for it was an honor — and gave, briefly, 

 his experience and trials in starting out, in grape culture particularly. He 

 would endeavor to do his duty as Chairman, and again thanked the Society, 

 and hoped to have its support in the duties devolving upon him. 



Judge Baker moved that the Chair appoint delegates to the Boston Pomo- 

 logical Convention. 



Agreed to. 



Judge Baker moved that President Folwell be elected an honorary member 

 of the Society, which was also agreed to. 



President Folwell briefly expressed his thanks for the honor so conferred, 

 after which a motion was made and carried to adjourn to 2 p. m. 



THURSDAY APTEKNOOX SESSION. 



The President called the Society to order. 



On motion of Judge Baker,. the thanks of the Society were tendered to K. 

 J. Mendenhall for the able and courteous manner in which he had presided 

 over the deliberations of the Society. He said they never expected to Ijetter 

 themselves, but as Mr. M.'s business had caused the necessity of his retiring, 

 he was glad he was still going to be one of them. 



The following resolution was unanimously passed : 



Resolved, That our thanks are due to our retiring Secretary, A. W. McKinstry, for his en- 

 ergy and untiring efl'orts to promote the best interest of our Society. 



Ml'. Grimes, from the committee on evergreens, ottered a list of evergreens 

 for general culture. 



A motion was made for the adoption of the report, pending which a discus- 

 sion on the merits of the list ensued, participated in by Messrs. Grimes, Ba- 

 ker, and others. 



Mr. Grimes said that in making up the list the committee had been careful 



