148 ANNUAL REPORT. 
Your committee will make no criticisms on this very excellent exhibition, 
except that if we should happen again to be placed on your committee we 
shall hope to have more work to perform, and be enabled to accomplish it in 
a more satisfactory manner. 
' Respectfully submitted, E. H. 8. DART, 
A. W. SIAS, 
M. W. COOK, 
Committee. 
COL. STEVENS A LIFE MEMBER. 
Mr. Mendenhall. J feel a little bad about one thing, not that Prof. 
Lacy and Mr. Harris have been elected life members, but that our 
old brother, Col. Stevens, was not elected a life member. I move 
that Col. Stevens be made a life member. The motion was unan- 
imously carried, and Col. Stevens was warmly congratulated by 
the President with a hearty shake of the hand. 
Col. Stevens. I feel very grateful for this compliment, and indeed 
itisa’compliment. [hardly feel worthy of it. Have noticed great 
progress in fruit culture since this Society began. And I believe 
that to the members of this Society all honor is due for the increase 
of these products. ‘‘ Again thaking you for this honor’’ I will 
close. 
THE TRANSACTIONS. 
Mr. Carter. Would like to ask the Secretary whether he 
couldn’t have the Transactions out this spring? 
The Secretary. There never was a meeting in which I haven't 
had the intention to have them out within a month, but I could 
never eet them out in that time. 
Pres. Grimes. You must remember that Prof. Lacy has work 
besides this that must be attended to. 
DR. TWICTHELL’S PAPER. 
The motion to proceed with the regular order was carried. 
Dr. R. W. Twitchell, of Chatfield, then came forward and read 
his paper on 
HORTICULTURE. 
Moved and seconded to place the paper on file. The imotion 
was caried. The paper was as follows: 
God doeth all things well. He did not consider his work complete until 
He had planted a garden, that, we are informed by the sacred historian, was 
in the east of Eden. 
