THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



tion, he showed himself to have at heart 

 the true interests of the farmers. The 

 Provincial Government, too, had ably 

 seconded his efforts in this matter. He 

 referred in a congratulatory manner to 

 the fruit experimental work and to the 



establishment of an experimental station 

 on St. Joseph Island. The encourage- 

 ment received in the matter of exporta- 

 tion to Great Britain was also mention- 

 ed with gratification. 



MICHIGAN FRUIT GROWERS. 



Fig. 1499.— Lower Town, (Ann Arbor) Boulevard and Huron River. 



HS a delegate from Ontario to 

 the Michigan State Society 

 meeting at Ann Arbor, we 

 reached that town on Tues- 

 day afternoon, Dec. 6th. It was a pleasure 

 to meet such men as President R. Morrill, 

 of Benton Harbor ; C. W. Garfield, of 

 Grand Rapids ; Thos. Gunson, of the 

 Michigan Agricultural College ; C. J. 

 Monroe, of South Haven ; L. B. Rice, 

 of Port Huron and others, who are in 

 the front ranks of Michigan Horti- 

 culture. 



The meetings were held in the Uni- 



versity buildings, some of them in the 

 Museum, because it was provided with 

 apparatus for showing views and thus 

 illustrating the lectures. (See Fig. 1501 ) 



One of these illustrated lectures was 

 given by Prof. F. G. Newcombe, of the 

 University, on " What are Fruits," who 

 kindly agreed to write it out in an 

 abridged form for use in this Journal, 

 and to send us photographs for engrav- 

 ing. He is an enthusiast in botany, 

 and knows how to make his subject 

 interesting. 



Mr. R. J. Coryell, Supt. of Parks, 



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