REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OX LECTURES AND 

 PUBLICATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1907. 



BY WILLIAM P. RICH, CHAIRMAN. 



The duties of the Committee on Lectures and Publications, as 

 defined by the By-Laws of the Society, are that it "shall superin- 

 tend all publications of the Society and ha\'e the direction in each 

 year of such lectures and essays on horticultural subjects as may 

 seem to the committee to be expedient, including that provided for 

 by the John Lewis Russell Fund." 



In compliance with these instructions two numbers of the Trans- 

 actions have been issued during the year, those of 1906 Part 2 and 

 1907 Part 1, thus continuing without a break the method of publi- 

 cation begun in 1874. Previous to the latter year one number 

 annually was issued. 



A still more prompt publication of the Transactions is desirable 

 and can be accomplished if the reports of committees and the papers 

 of lecturers are more expeditiously placed in the hands of the 

 Secretary. 



A course of ten lectures, arranged by the Committee of the pre- 

 vious year, was given in the months of January, February, and 

 March, as follows: 



January 12. The Iris and its Culture. By J. Woodward 

 Manning, Reading. 



January 19. Peach-growing Possibilities in New England. 

 By Adin A. Hixon, Worcester. 



January 26. The Collecting of Orchids. By John E. Lager, 

 Summit, N. J. 



February 2. The Renovation of an Old Orchard. By George 

 T. Powell, New York. 



February 9. The Home Vegetable Garden. By John W. 

 Duncan, West Roxbury. 



February 16. Certain uses of the School Garden. By Miss 

 Anne Withington, Boston. 



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