CONTENTS. 



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In Memoriam — Secretary Cook 7 



Review of the Year 9 



Officers for 1899 12 



Business Transactions : 



Meetings of the Executive Committee 13 



Annual Meeting 14 



Public Meetings : 



At Greene 19 



Small Fruits, Charles S. Pope 19 



Orchard Culture, Elijah Cook 22 



Spraying, W. M. Munson 23 



At Manchester and Camden 27 



Annual Meeting at Newport 27 



Address of Welcome, Hon. J. M. Sanborn 28 



Response — In Behalf of the Society, Secretary 



Elijah Cook 30 



Response — In Behalf of the State, Dr. G. M. 



Twitchell 31 



The President's Annual Address, W. M. Munson. . ss 

 Some New Problems in Horticulture, Hon. Geo. 



T. Powell 42 



Question Box 54 



The Begonia in House and Garden, Mrs. M. Eliza- 

 beth Pope 56 



Boys and Fruit, Secretary 5^1ijah Cook 58 



Pears for Northern Maine, Dr. H. A. Robinson. .. 61 



Strawberry Culture, E. W. Wooster 66 



Currants and Gooseberries, A. A. Eastman 71 



Question Box 74 



Experiences with Caterpillars, Chas. S. Pope 78 



The Experiment Station and Horticulture, Direc- 

 tor Chas. D. Woods 80 



Winter Meeting at New Gloucester 93 



Nature Study in the Home, Mrs. V. P. DeCoster, 93 



The Apple in Cookery, Miss Anna Barrows 99 



Currants and Gooseberries, R. H. Libbey 103 



Raspberries and Blackberries, E. P. Churchill 105 



Strawberries, E. W. Wooster 108 



One Relation of Insects to Plants, A. H. Kirkland, 114 



Plum Culture — A Discussion 122 



Tillage and Pruning in the Orchard, W. M. 



Munson 125 



Pear Culture — A Discussion 137 



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