REPORT 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 



FOR THE YEAR 1889. 



By GEORGE CRUICKSHANKS, of Fitchburg. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural Society began the year 1889 

 with a course of lectures and discussions on subjects connected 

 with the work of the Society, by the following persons : 



January 12. The Evolution and Variation of Fruit-plants 

 and their Tendency to Degeneracy when Cultivated, by Joseph 

 H. Bourn, Providence, R. I. 



January 19. The Nurseries of Europe, by F. L. Temple, 

 Somerville. 



January' 26. Mildews, by Professor James E. Humphre}', of 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, Amherst. 



February 2. The Structure and Management of Greenhouses, 

 by William D. Philbrick, Newton Centre. 



February 9. Forestry as Applied to Massachusetts, by J. B. 

 Harrison, Franklin Falls, N. H. 



February' 16. Shrubs that are Perfectly Hardy, b}' Jackson 

 Dawson, Jamaica Plain. 



February 23. The Embellishment of School Grounds, by 

 Leverett M. Chase, Roxbury. 



March 2. The Cultivation and Varieties of the Plum, by 

 James F. C. Hyde, Newton. 



March 9. Certain Phases of Domestic Econom}' ; Dust and 

 Dampness, by Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, Jamaica Plain. 



March 16. Arboriculture and Horticulture as Handmaids of 

 Design, by Charles Eliot, Boston. 

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