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tion mention may be made of the second sehool garden conference^ 

 held in December, which was well attended by those directly inter- 

 ested in the horticnltnral education of the young. 



While noting these special items of the year's work the regular 

 and more familiar, but not less important public exhibitions and 

 meetings should not be passed unnoticed. There have been held 

 thirteen exhibitions of plants, flowers, fruits, and vegetables, and 

 nine meetings for lecture and discussion, in addition to the two 

 business assemblies of the Society required by the By-laws. Full 

 descriptions of these exhibitions will be found in the annual reports 

 of the chairmen of the several committees, and the records of the 

 lectures and discussions have been published in the Transactions. 



The publications for the year and the dates of issue are as follows : 



January 17. Schedule of Prizes and Exhibitions, 64 pages. 

 September 15. Transactions, 1905, Part 2, pages 113-293 and 

 plates 1-9. 



October 29. Transactions, 1906, Part 1, pages 1-83. 



The Library. 



Special attention is still being given to the accumulation of sets 

 of the strictly horticultural periodicals of the world, and of the 

 publications of horticultural societies that are not represented in 

 the library. A list of the more important of these is being made up 

 and they will be secured as opportunity offers. 



It is a satisfaction to record in this report the accomplishment 

 of two important matters that have been awaiting attention since 

 the removal to the new building. 



One of these has been the disposition of the large collection of 

 horticultural trade catalogues, the accumulation of many years; 

 the other, the completion of the work of revision of the library in 

 accordance with the new system adopted. 



The trade catalogues, estimated to number ten thousand, have 

 been assorted and arranged in wood pamphlet boxes so that they 

 are now accessible for ready reference and consultation. Two 

 hundred and eighty boxes, 12 X 9 X 3^ inches, w^re used and the 

 system adopted is mostly chronological; but the catalogues of a. 



