REPORT 



TO THE 



State Board of Agriculture, 



FOB THE YEAR 1894. 



By GEORGE CRUICKSHANKS, of Fitchbdrg. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural Society was organized iu 1829^ 

 for, the promotion and advancement of the art of Horticulture, 

 and well it has performed its mission, as may be seen by the con- 

 stantly increasing interest in its work. 



The Society began the year 1894 with a course of Lectures and 

 Discussions on subjects connected with its work, by the following 

 named gentlemen : 



January 13. Fungi, by William C. Sturgis, Ph. D., New 

 Haven, Conn. 



January 20. Pruning, by Edwin Hoyt, New Canaan, Conn. 



January 27. Hardy Grapes, by Dr. Jabez Fisher, Fitchburg. 



Februarys. Electricity; the Latest Discoveries as Applied to 

 Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, Ithaca, N. Y. 



February 10. The Construction of Plant Houses, by W. A. 

 Burnham, Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



February 17. Mushrooms, by William Falconer, Glen Cove, 

 New York. 



February 24. Cinerarias and Calceolarias, by Kenneth Finlay- 

 son, Brookline. 



March 3. Some Insects Injurious to Vegetation, by John G. 

 Jack, Jamaica Plain. 



