REPORT 



OF THE 



COMMITTEK ON PUBLICATION AND DISCUSSION. 



In accordance witli the purpose expressed in our last report, 

 your Committee obtained as lecturers during the past season, Pro- 

 fessor George L. Goodale, of Harvard University ; Professor Levi 

 Stockbridge, of the Massachusetts Agricultural College ; B. Pick- 

 man Mann, of Cambridge ; and Bjxon D. Halsted, of the Bussey 

 Institution. Their lectures were received with general interest, and 

 led to discussions which were continued from week to week. We 

 think it is evident that these researches of scientific investigators 

 will be both interesting and serviceable to our members, and also, 

 that there will be mutual advantage from this close comparison of 

 theory and experience. Accordingly, your Committee purpose in 

 the coming season to intersperse lectures, prize essays, and discus- 

 sions, as has been done during the year past. 



From the manuscripts submitted to the examination of the Com- 

 mittee, the following have been selected for prizes or gratuities : 



For the best Essay upon the Ripening and Marketing of 



Pears, to J. W. Pierce, the prize of . . . $25 00 

 For the best Essay upon Bottom Heat, its Benefits and 



Methods, to W. D. Philbrick, the prize of . .25 00 

 For an Essay upon the Culture and Varieties of Roses, to 



William H. White, a gratuity of . . . . 10 00 

 For an Essay upon Garden Irrigation, its Advantages and 



Limits, to W. D. Philbrick, a gratuity of . .10 00 



For the Committee, 



WILLIAM C. STRONG, Chairman, 



