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MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



It was expected that at this meeting Rev. Frederick N. Knapp 

 of Plymouth would read a paper on " Fertilizers, — Agricultural, 

 Physical, Intellectual, and Moral," but owing to the death of an 

 inmate of his family he was unable to be present, and the meeting 

 was adjourned to the next Saturday, for which time a paper on 

 " Investigations Pertaining to Horriculture," by Dr. C. A. Goess- 

 mann, Director of the State Agricultural Experiment Station at 

 Amherst, was announced. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, March 5, 1887. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 the President, Henry P. Walcott, in the Chair. 



Mrs. Dr. J. W. Elliott, of Boston, and 

 James L. Little, Jr., of Brookline, 



having been recommended by the Executive Committee as mem- 

 bers of the Society, were, on ballot, duly elected. 



Adjourned to Saturday, March 12. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 

 On Rational Fertilization of Garden Crops and Fruits. 



By Dr. C. A. Goessmann, 

 Director of the State Agricultural Experiment Station, Amherst. 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen : It is with considerable 

 diffidence that I venture to speak at a meeting of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society. Recognizing, as I most emphati- 

 cally do, the superior information of many of its members regard- 

 ing the advantages and the disadvantages of the best current modes 

 of practical operations in the various branches of horticultural 

 industry, I do not propose to enter into any detailed discussion of 



