CONTKISTTS. 



Prefatory Note, ......... 



Business Meeting, January 5, 1878; Address of President Parkman, pp. 

 5-8; Address of President Gray, pp. 8-10; Decease of J. P. Kirtland, 

 LL.D., 10-12; Appropriations for 1878, 12; Appointment of Treasurer 

 and Secretary, 13; Testimonial to Ex-President Parkman, 13; Pro- 

 spective Prize for Moore's Early Grape, 13; Announcement of Meet- 

 ings for Discussion, ........ 



Meeting for Discussion, January 12 ; Ripening and Marketing Pears, 

 by J. W. Pierce, pp. 13-19; Discussion, ..... 



Business Meeting, January 19; Report of Treasurer and Finance Com- 

 mittee presented, p. 25; Record of Awards, 25; List of Prizes for 

 Essays presented, ......... 



Meeting for DiscussipN; Bottom Heat, by W. D. Philbrick, pp. 26-30; 

 Discussion, .......... 



Meeting for Discussion, January 26; Garden Irrigation, by W. D. 

 Pliilbrick, pp. 33-38 ; Discussion, ...... 



Business Meeting, February 2; Election of Members, p. 43; Report of 

 Committee of Arrangements, 43; Request for Models of Fruits, 43; 

 Invitation from National Agricultural Congress, 43, 44 ; Letter from 

 Charles Pease, ......... 



Meeting for Discussion; Culture and Varieties of Roses, by William H. 

 AVhite, pp. 44^52; Discussion, ....... 



Meeting for Discussion, February 9; Lecture on Fertilizers, by Prof. W. 

 O. Atwater, pp. 53-62 ; Discussion, ...... 



Meeting FOR Discussion, February 16 ; Fertilizers, by Dr. E. L. Sturte- 

 vant, pp. 67-70; Discussion, ....... 



Meeting for Discussion, February 23 ; Rose Culture, pp. 76-78 ; Fertilizers, 



Business Meeting, March 2; Resignation of Chairman of Flower Com- 

 mittee, pp. 79, 80; Election ordered, 80; Vote to record Report, 80; Re- 

 port of Committee on Testimonial to Ex-President Parkman, 80; 

 Volume of Addresses, etc., and Medal presented by Marshall P. 

 Wilder, 80, 81; Window Gardening, 81, 82; Member of Flower Com- 

 mittee elected, ......... 



Meeting for Discussion, March 9 ; Rose Culture, pp. 82-86; Part II. of 

 Transactions for 1877 announced, ...... 



Meeting for Discussion, March 16 ; Culture of Small Fruits, 



Meeting for Discussion, March 23; Cultui-e of Small Fruits, 



Meeting for Discussion, March 30 ; Peat as an Absorbent and as a Fer- 

 tilizer, by H. Weld Fuller, pp. 97-104; Discussion, . . . . 



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