PROGRAMME 



OPENING SESSION 

 Tuesday, February 20, 2 o'clock P. M, 



ORGANIZATION OF THE CONFERENCE. 



J. Call to Order and Address of Welcome to Delegates and Visit- 

 ing Friends, by the Honorable John K. Tener, Governor of 

 Pennsylvania. 



Election of Permanent Chairman for the Conference. 

 Election of Two Secretaries. 

 Designation of Official Reporters. 

 Appointment of a Committee on Resolutions. 



2. Responses to the Governor's Address by Delegates on Behalf 



of the States Represented. 



3. "Historical Review and the Pathological Aspects of the Chest- 



nut Bark Disease.-- 



A discourse and illustrated lecture by Dr. Haven Metcalf, 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. (Dr. 



Metcalf s paper will summarize the record of work to date, 



and present the leading pathological features of this tree 



disease.) 



Many of the lantern views will be shown for the first time, 

 having been especially made for this occasion. 



4. u Can the Chestnut Bark Disease be Controlled?" 



By Prof. F. C. Stewart, N. Y. Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Geneva, N. Y. 



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