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lature for a larger annual stipend ; several florists expressed a 

 willingness to exhibit plants and flowers. Under these conditions 

 it was determined to hold our winter meeting in Augusta Secre- 

 tary McKeen of the Board of Agriculture was in full accord, and a 

 union winter meeting was accordingly arranged. The exercises 

 were of a very high order and the programme was well carried out. 

 It was a special pleasure to our members to meet with Mr. W. A. 

 Taylor of the agricultural department. Besides the papers he read 

 to us, in many ways he was able to render a service to our society 

 that will long be remembered. Ii will be seen by the programme 

 which follows, that several new topics are presented, among which 

 we may mention "Cranberry Culture," "Plant Breeding," "Study 

 of Plant Life," "Agriculture and Horticulture in the Schools" and 

 "The Apple in Cookery." 



PROGRAMME. 



Mr. W. A. Taylor, Assistant Pomologist, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, will be present during the meetings. 



TUESDAY FORENOON, 10 O'CLOCK. 



Report of the Treasurer. 



Report of Committee to consider the advisability of asking the 



Legislature to increase the stipend to our Societj^ 

 Report of Secretary — A Year in Pomology, D. H. Knowlton. 



Anniversary Address — The Society's Record in Pomology, 



President Chas. S. Pope. 



TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 2 o'CLOCK. 



Results of Spraying Experiments in 1892, 



Prof. W. M. Munson, Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Benefit Derived from Top. Grafting the Baldwin, 



Frank Bowman, Eureka. 

 The Reverse of the Picture, S. T. Cannon, Augusta. 



TUESDAY EVENING, 7.30 o'CLOCK. 



More Education in Floriculture Necessary to Profitable Enjoyment 



Therein, Edward H. Goddard, Woodfords. 



Floriculture, Mrs. Alonzo Towle, Freedom, N. H. 



