66 ANNUAL REPORT. 



SECOND DAY. 



Thursday, June 25, 1885. 



The meeting was called to order on Thursday morning at 9 o'clock, 

 by President Smith. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Mr. President and Members: Since our last annual meeting we have 

 been occupied a good deal of the time in the preparation and publication 

 of the annual report of the transactions of the Society for the current 

 year. 



Necessarily this work has required time and attention. It scarcely 

 need be said that much care has to be bestowed in the preparation of 

 the copy for the printers, revising the same and the reading of proof. 



The work of printing our reports was performed expeditiously and 

 in a very satisfactory manner, the typographical execution of the same 

 reflecting much credit upon the State Printers, the Pioneer-Press Com- 

 pany. If future publications shall be as well executed no reasonable 

 ground can be found for complaint in this regard. 



There was a delay of some three weeks in the issue of the present 

 volume, as the last few pages were about going to press, from a failure 

 in the supply of paper, which was this year furnished by the State. 



We are pleased to note that the number of typographical errors in 

 the work is not large, thanks to the pains-taking care bestowed by 

 proof readers and pressman. There is certainly nothing so annoying 

 to a careful reader as to see page after page disfigured with numerous 

 errors which might easily have been avoided. 



Owing to the compilation made in 1873 of the reports of previous 

 years, this is the thirteenth report issued by the Society. It contains 

 a few more pages than any preceding number but is still within the 

 limit allowed by the law authorizing our publications. It was not 

 deemed desirable by the members of the committee on publication and 

 your Secretary to unneccessarily enlarge the size of the report, but it 

 was found to be impossible to make a really creditable showing of the 

 plans, work and discussions of the Society, together with a judicious 

 selection of material of interest to horticulturists generally, without 

 somewhat enlarging the size of our publication. 



Our report certainly^makes a very creditable showing for the Society 

 and will compare favorably with those issued by similar societies in 



