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of this Conference, of which he shall be a member ex-officio, which 

 Committee shall be representative of the various States inter- 

 ested in the wild chestnut, and represented at this Conference. 

 The motion was seconded. 



MB. S. M. ENTERLINE, of Pottsville, Pa: I would further 

 add, Mr. Chairman, that these proceedings should be reported 

 and printed, if that be possible, and forwarded to the delegates, 

 as far as the supply of reports may reach. 



THE CHAIRMAN : That question may come up properly a 

 little later. The motion now before you is on the appointment 

 of a Committee on Resolutions. 



The motion was put and unanimously carried. 



THE CHAIRMAN : The Chair will be pleased to receive, if 

 the opportunity offers, suggestions from members as to their de- 

 sires in this or any other matter. 



The programme now calls for brief responses to the Governor's 

 address, and it has been suggested that the best manner of pro- 

 cedure will be to call the roll of States which are represented 

 here, asking one person from each State to make a response; 

 and, in order that we may get through the list promptly, unless 

 directed otherwise, the Chair will have to ask each State to limit 

 its response to three minutes. It may be that some of the first 

 names on the list are not prepared to respond at once. In that 

 case we will pass them over and return to the names a little later. 



Alabama. (No response). 



Connecticut. 



DR. GEORGE P. CLINTON, New Haven, Conn., Expt. Sta- 

 tion : Mr. Chairman : I hold a commission from the Governor of 

 Connecticut to represent that State, with two other delegates, at 

 this Convention. In Connecticut we have studied this disease 

 somewhat longer than you have here in Pennsylvania, and we 

 have it in a very serious manner. I am not officially on the pro- 

 gramme, but I have prepared some of my ideas and views on this 

 subject which I wish, at the proper time, to present to this Con- 

 vention. I have also a paper by Professor Farlow, from Harvard 

 University, who has studied the history of this fungus, that I 

 wish at the proper time to present to the Convention for their 



