CONTENTS. 



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Prefatory Note 3 



Business Meeting, January 5, 1889; A.ddress of President Walcott, pp. 5-9; 

 Appropriations made, 9, 10 ; Appointment of Secretary and Treasurer, 

 10; Report on Letter from National Chrysanthemum Society of Eng- 

 land, 10 ; Amendments to Constitution and By-Laws entered on records, 

 10, 11,12; Annual Report of Garden Committee read, 11 ; Announcement 

 of Meetings for Discussion, 11; Session of American Pomological So- 

 ciety, 11; Books from William Paul, 12; Prize offered for Timber 

 Trees, 12; Awarding Prizes for Reports, 12; Members elected, . . 12 



Business Meeting, January 12; Committee on President's Address, p. 13; 

 Damage to Building, 13 ; Repairs, and Committee thereon, 13; Portraits 



to be photographed, 13 



Meeting for Discussion; The Evolution and Variation of Fruit Plants, 



etc., by Joseph H. Bourn 14-29 



Business Meeting, January 19; Delegates to American Pomological Soci- 

 ety, p. 29 ; Statement by President in regard to Repairs and Altera- 

 tions, 30; Time assigned for consideration, 30 



Meeting for Discussion ; Notes on European Nurseries, by F. L. Temple, 



pp. 30-35 ; Discussion 35-38 



Business Meeting, January 26; Plans in regard to Building discussed, pp. 

 39, 40; New Committee Appointed, 39; Department of Vegetable 

 Physiology at State Agricultural Experiment Station, .... 40 



Meeting for Discussion; Mildews, by Prof. J. E. Humphrey, pp. 40-51; 



Discussion, 61, 52 



Business Meeting, February 2; Members elected 52 



Meeting for Discussion; The Structure and Management of Greenhouses, 



by W. D.Philbrick, pp. 53-57; Discussion, 57-59 



Business Meeting, February 9; Treasurer's Report read, p. 59; Committee 



on National and State Forestry, 59, 60 



Meeting for Discussion; Forestry and Arboriculture in Massachusetts 

 and New England, by J. B. Harrison, pp. 60-64; Discussion, 64-68; 



Window Gardening work, 68 



Business Meeting, February 16; Report of Committee on Repairs and 



Alterations, pp. 69, 70; Discussed, 70, 71; Restoration of Portraits, . 71 



Meeting for Discussion; Shrubs that are Perfectly Hardy, by Jackson 



Dawson, n-88 



