36 ANNUAL REPORT 



MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Rochester, Wednesday Evening, Sept. 6, 1882. 



The Executive Committee was called to meet during the State 

 Fair, and met as above at the ofl&ce of Dr. Cross, at seven o'clock, 

 President Harris in the chair. Other members present, vVyman 

 Elliot, D. W. Humphrey and the acting secretary. Prof. Edward 

 D. Porter, of the State University; Treasurer, J. T. Grimes; A. J. 

 Phillips and E.Wilcox, of Wisconsin: C. H. Greenman, A. W. 

 Sias and Seth H. Kinney, being present by invitation, acted with 

 the committee. 



Prof. Porter being called upon stated in outline the plan for con- 

 tinuing the Farmer's Lecture course, organized and commenced 

 last winter at the State University, and requested that some plan 

 be devised to connect the Horticultural week of that course with 

 the annual winter meeting of the State Horticultural Society. As 

 the date of the Horticultural meeting was fixed by law and must 

 occur on the third Tuesday in January, he was willing to begin the 

 Farmers' Course a week earlier than was intended in order to effect 

 the desired union. 



After a full discussion it was agreed with Prof. Porter, and so 

 voted that the week of the meeting of this society should be known 

 as the Horticultural week of the Farmers' course; that the lectures 

 engaged by him for the course should be delivered before the Hor- 

 ticultural Society, and be published, together with the debates 

 following upon the subjects of each lecture, in the transactions of 

 the society. 



Prof. Porter said that he expected to have at least two lectures 

 connected with Horticulture from distinguished writers from 



