CONTENTS 



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Prefatory Note, 3 



Business Meeting, Januarys, 1895; Address of President Kidder, pp. 5, G; 

 Appropriations for 1895, pp. 6, 7 ; Appointment of Treasurer and Secre- 

 tary, 7; Appropriation for William Castleton, 7; Report, inexpedient, 

 on Lectures by W. H. Gibson, 7; Committee on School Gardens and 

 Children's Herbariums, 7; Announcements by Committee on I'ublica- 

 tion,8; Report of Chairman of Committee on Gardens, 8; Committee 

 on Board of Trustees, 8 ; Report of Committee on Revision of the Con- 

 stitution and By-Laws, 8, 9; Two members elected, 9 



Meeting for Lecture and Discussion, January 12; Days with our Birds, 



by Mrs. Kate Tryon, 9-13 



Meeting for Lecture and Discussion, January 19; Flower Pots, by 



A. 11. Hews, pp. ll-'Jl; Discussion, 22 



Meeting for Lecture and Discus.sion, January 20; Fungous Diseases of 

 Ornamental Plants, by Byron D. Halsted, with three plates, pp. 22-33; 

 Discussion, 34, 35 



Business Meeting, February 2; Annual Rei)ort of Treasurer read, p. 35; 

 Supplementary Report from Committee on School Gardens, etc., 35; 

 Report of Committee on Large, Old, or Interesting Trees, with volume 

 presented, 35, 36; "Vacancy in Committee ou School Gardens, etc., 

 tilled, 36; Committee on Board of Trustees, 36; Six members elected, 36 



Meeting for Lecture and Discussion; Hardy Plants and Shrubs, by 



J. Wilkinson Elliott, pp. 36-53; Discussion, 53,54 



Meeting for Lecture and Discussion, February 9; Glass Houses, by 



Henry W. Gibbons, with two plates, pp. 55-74; Discussion, . . 74,75 



Meeting for Lecture and Discussion, February 16; Economic Entomol- 

 ogy, by Edmund B. Southwick, pp. 76-82; Discussion, .... 82-85 



Meeting for Lectuke and Discussion, February 23; Experimental Evolu- 

 tion Amongst Plants, by Prof. L. H. Bailey, pp. 86-99; Discussion, . 99, 100 



Business Mekting, March 2; Contributions to Memorial to Francis Park- 

 man, pp. 100, 101 ; Decease of J. J. Thomas and F. B. Hayes announced, 

 101; three members elected 101 



