SECRETARY'S PORTFOLIO, 



DEFERRED PAPERS, REPORTS, NOTES, EXTRACTS, ETC. 



Introductory Note by the Secretary. 



The following pages are presented in addition to the routine 

 report of proceedings at the summer and winter meetings of the 

 Society, embracing reports, additional papers, extracts, etc., of 

 more or less intei-est. 



As will be seen upon inspection of the foregoing pages, in the 

 discussions had at the various meetings, and in the papers read, 

 some effort has been shown to gain conciseness and brevity of 

 statement, while seeking to preserve the substance of the subject 

 or the matter had in view. There is a gratifying lack of need- 

 less repetition as well as lengthy, prosy papers, made up of meas- 

 ured words and sentences, w^hich might be calculated more to 

 "lumber" up the work than adding to the interest and real 

 value of the same. 



In this enlightened age, when knowledge is so much advanced 

 and spread abroad in all departments and avenues of trade, as 

 well as in the boundless realm of art and science, there is the 

 greater need for special training in varied lines of work. And 

 it is more imperative than ever heretofore that those who would 

 succeed in any avocation be specialists and thorough masters in 

 their chosen field of work. Horticultural science, too, is no ex- 

 ception to the rule; for he who would succeed and make the 

 most of opportunities within his easy reach must use those 

 means of gaining information which are alike most practical 

 and simple, and which may easily be understood and readily ap- 

 plied. 

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