1 CONTENTS. 



Business MiiEXixo, February 27; Electioa of Member of the Vegetable 



Committee, p. 103; Prizes for IJulbs ...... 103 



Meeting fok Discussion; Vegetable Growing, by Warren \V. Rawson, 



pp. 103-120; Discussion ........ 121,122 



Business Meeting, March 6; Proceedings of American Pomological 



Society presented, pp. 122, 123; Members Elected .... 123 



Meeting for Discu.ssion; The Progress of Orchid Culture in America. 



by Edward L. Beard, pp. 123-148; Discussion .... 148.151 



Business Meeting, March 13; Protection of Birds . . . 151,152 



Meeting for Discussion; Homestead Landscapes, by George Austin 



Bowen, M.D., pp. 152-1G7; Discussion ...... 168-170 



Business Meeting, I^Iarch 20 ....... 171 



Meeting fok Discussion; The Care and Embellishment of Cemeteries, 



by John G. Barker, pp. 171-189; Discussion ..... 189-192 



Business Meeting, March 27 ...... . 192 



Meeting fou Discussion; Nitrogen: Why the Crops Must Have It and 

 Where they Must Get It, by Prof. G. C. Caldwell, pp. 192-205; Discus- 

 sion ... . 205-207 



Business Meeting, April 3; Special Prizes for Roses, p. 207; Members 



Elected 207 



Meeting for Discus.sion; The Nomenclature of Fruits, pp. 207-211; Ex- 

 tending the Influence of the Society ..... 211-214 



Business Meeting, April 10 ....... 214 



Meeting for Discussion; The Ripening and Preservation of Fruits, 

 by Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, pp. 214-219; Discussion, 219-223; Letter 

 from Parker Earle ......... 223-226 



