REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LECTURES AND 

 PUBLICATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1912. 



By Edward B. Wilder, Chairman. 



Your committee is happy to report that the lectures and dis- 

 cussions for the year have been a success, the attendance for the 

 whole course amounting to over 2100 persons. 



When we realize that most of these lectures are printed in the 

 Transactions of the Society and sent to other horticultural societies, 

 as well as individuals, throughout this country, indeed throughout 

 the world, and are placed in libraries as textbooks for future refer- 

 ence, we feel that this department of the work is well worthy the 

 support given it by the Society. 



The change in th^ hour of the meetings, from 11 A. M. to 2 p. m., 

 has passed the experimental stage and can be considered an estab- 

 lished custom for the future, as being the hour best suited to our 

 patrons. The largest attendance and greatest interest in the course 

 were manifested in those lectures conducted by our own members, 

 practical men, as Robert Cameron, William N. Craig, Fred A. 

 Smith, Wilfrid Wheeler, and E. H. Wilson. 



We wish it were possible to have a lecture hall at our disposal, 

 so that our course could be held on consecutive Saturdays, without 

 the break of weeks, caused by the renting of the present hall. 



We would respectfully submit the following program of lectures 

 and discussions for 1913: 



January 4. The Problems of the Commercial Fruit Grower. 



By G. A. Drew, Greenwich, Conn. 

 January 11. Planting Fruit Trees Propagated from Strains of 



Known Worth. By Samuel Eraser, Geneseo, N. Y. 

 February 1. Factors Influencing the Formation of Fruit Buds in 



Apples Trees. By Prof. B. S. Pickett, Urbana, 111. 



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