CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Society's Fruit Catalogue, Revision of 1 



Introductory 3 



Officers for 1888 5 



Members of the Society G 



Treasurer's Eeport 8 



Report of Annual Exhibition 9 



General Rules of the Exhibition 11 



List of Premiums Awarded 14 



Proceedings of Winter Meeting 23 



Address of Welcome, by Chas. P. Haskell, Esq 26 



Annual Address of the President, Charles S. Pope 29 



Utility vs. Sentiment by W. P Atherton 31 



Plums and their Culture, by E. W. Dunbar 37 



Notes on Plum Culture, by D. P. True 40 



Trees and their Uses in Embellishments, by Samuel L. Boardman. 51 



Arbor Day and its Observance, by D. H. Knowlton 59 



Inspiration, by Lewis Frederick Starrett 75 



Insects Injurious to Fruits, by Carl Braun 77 



Report of Committee on Fruits Exhibited 88 



Report of Committee on President's Address 88 



Red Russet, by Z. A. Gilbert 89 



Will the Present Outlook Warrant the Encouragement of Fruit 



Growing in Maine? by Rufus Prince ■ 94 



Small Fruits and their Culture, by P. M. Augur 105 



Fruits for Home use, by L. H. Blossom 121 



Secretary's Portfolio 133 



Thoughts and Suggestions on Fruit Culture in Maine, by D. J. 



Briggs 134 



Asa Gray, in memoriam 135 



Floriculture in the United States 136 



Spraying with Arsenical Poisons 137 



Arsenical Poisons in the Orchard 139 



