11 CONTENTS. 



Meetikg fob Discussiok; The Influence of Flowers upon National Life, 



by Mrs. Fannie A. Deane, pp. 121-131; Discussion, 132-134 



Business Meeting, March 10; Letter and Resolution from Wisconsin Hor- 

 ticultural Society 135 



Meeting fob Discussion ; Hybrid Roses, Old and New, by William H. 



Spooner, pp. 135-153 ; Discussion, 153-155 



Business Meeting, March 17; " Proceedings" of the American Pomologi- 



cal Society presented, p. 155; Memorial of Prof, Asa Gray, . . . 155,156 



Meeting fob Discussion; Methods of Labelling Trees and Plants, by 



Robert T. Jackson, pp. 157-164; Discussion, 164,165 



Business Meeting, March 24, 166 



Meeting fob Discussion; Fertilizers: — Agricultural, Intellectual, Moral, 



and Political, by Rev. Frederick N. Knapp, pp. 166-183 ; Discussion, . 183, 184 



Business Meeting, March 31 ; Treasurer's Report read, p. 184; Resolution 



in regard to altering the Building, 184-185 



Meeting fob Discussion ; Peppers, pp. 185, 186 ; Mutual Influence of Stock 

 and Graft, 186-189; Influence of Pollen, 187-189; Destroying Injurious 

 Insects, 189-191 



Notes on the Histobt of the Stbawbebby, by £. Lewis Sturteraut, M.D., 191-204 



