CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



Page. 



Peefatort Notk, ......... .3 



Business Meeting, Januarys, 1874; Resolutions on the death of Professor 



Agassiz, p. 5; Appropriations, ....... 6 



Business Meeting, Januai-y 10; Appointment of Editor, ... 6 



Meeting for Discussion.— Dwarf Pear Trees, Essay by E. W. Wood. pp. 



7 — 12; Discussion, ......... 12—14 



iMeeting FOE Discussion, January 24; Horticultural Prizes, . . 14—17 



Meeting for Discussion, January 31; Cultivation of the Cyclamen, 

 Essay by James O'Brien, p. 17 ; Discussion, pp. 18—21 ; Protecting Trees 

 from Canker Worms, ........ 21 — 23 



Business Meeting, February 7; The "Paddock Elms," p. 23; Election of 



Members, .......... 23 



Meeting for Discussion.— Cultivation of the Amaryllis, p. 23—25 ; Jiiurii- 



to2)hyllum miniatnni, ........ 24 



Meeting for Discussion, February 14: Awjrftcvm aesqvipedale, p. 2G; 

 Laelia peduncularis, 27; Horticultural Education, 27; Forest and 

 Fruit Tree Culture, Essay by James Crnickslianks, 27 — 32; Scr.aping 

 Trees, ........... 32— M 



Meeting for Discussion, February 21 ; DendrocJiilumgUimaceurii, p. 34; 

 Ly caste Skinner i, 34; Phaius (jrandlfolius, 35; Orchid Culture, 30 — 

 38; Violets Marie Louise, Czar, etc., .38; Culture of the Amaryllis, . 3!> 



Meeting for Discussion, February 28; New Kose, Eliza Tailby, p. 40; 

 The Paddock Elms, 41 ; Isabella Sprunt Rose, 42; •' Sports " of Flowers 

 and Fruits, 42 — 44; Polemonium coeruleiim ?'«/•., 44; Bouffainvilleas, 

 44; Tacso7iia, Van Volxemi, ....... 44 



Business Meeting, March 7 ; Election of Menibcjr, .... 4,5 



Meeting for Discussion. — Aralia, Veitchii, p. 45; A. i^jnnosn, 45; A. 

 papyrif er a, canescens, and Japan ica, id; Rose Carl Coers, 4G; Caclo- 

 (jyne ci'isfata, iG; ZygoijetaUmi Gautieri, 4G; Oncidlum flexvosuni, 

 47; Phaius. Wa?Zic/tio?i« and other Orchids, 47; Progress in Horticul- 

 tiTre, 47; Forcing the Lily of the Valley, 48, 49; V<nd roh'ami noliiJc, . 40 



