CONTENTS. 



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 Pkefatort Note, 3 



Business Meeting, January 7, 1888; Address of President Walcott, pp, 6-9; 

 Amendment to Constitution rejected, 9; Committee on Window Gar- 

 dening and Appropriation, 9, 10 ; Reports of Committee of Arrange- 

 ments, Committee on Meeting of American Pomological Society, and 

 Committee on Gardens read, 10 ; Schedule of Prizes ready, 10 ; Appro- 

 priations made, 10; Appointment of Treasurer and Secretary, 10; 

 Awarding Prizes for Reports, 10; Announcement by Committee on 

 Publication and Discussion, 11; Member elected, Jl 



Business Meeting, January 14; Committee on Window Gardening an- 

 nounced, 11 



Meeting fok Discussion ; Notes and Memories of our Early Horticulture, 



by Rev. A. B. Muzzey, pp. 11-21 ; Discussion, 21-25 



Business Meeting, January 21, 25 



Meeting fob Discussion ; .Esthetics in Agriculture, by George M. Whita- 



ker, A. M., pp. 25-38; Discussion, 38-40 



Business Meeting, January 28 ; Recording Secretary, pro tempore, chosen, 40 



Meeting for Discussion; Garden Vegetables, by M. B.Faxon, pp. 41-53; 



Discussion, 53-57 



Business Meeting, February 4 ; Decease of Prof. Asa Gray announced, pp. 



57, 58 ; Members elected, 67, 58 



Meeting fob Discussion ; The Cultivation and Diseases of the Peach, by 



J. H. Hale, pp. 58-72 ; Discussion, 72-74 



Business Meeting, February 11, 74 



Meeting fob Discussion ; Late Progress in the Application of Science to 



Plant Culture, by Prof. W. O. Atwater, pp. 76-92; Discussion, . . 92-94 



Business Meeting, February 11 ; Committee of Arrangements authorized 

 to purchase plate, p. 94 ; Communication from Bay State Agricultural 

 Society, 94 



Meeting fob Discussion; The Bulb Gardens of Holland, by Robert Far- 



quhar, pp. 95-106; Discussion, 106,107 



Business Meeting, February 25 ; Award of Prizes for Reports, . . . 107 



Meeting fob Discussion ; Injurious Insects, by Prof. C. H. Fernald, pp. 



107-116; Discussion, 116-120 



Business Meeting, March 3; Appropriation for Window Gardening ap- 

 proved, p. 120 ; Member elected, 120 



