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thoiieand plates of apples, while the local displays of apples, 

 pears, grapes and peaches from difierent counties in the State 

 largely swelled this number. There were also 'one hundred 

 plates of wild-fruits, nuts, &c., indigenous to Michigan, exhibited 

 b}' Prof. Bailey of Lansing Agricultural College. Ellwanger & 

 Barry exhibited one hundred and ten varieties of pears ; Marshall 

 P. Wilder one hundred varieties; B. G. Smith of Boston sixty- 

 one varieties ; Geo. W. Campbell of Ohio twenty-six plates of 

 grapes and forty of apples. Missouri was represented by one 

 hundred and forty plates of apples, pears and grapes. The Ohio 

 State Board of Agriculture presented a fine collection of the 

 same fruits. There were twenty-eight plates of fruits from 

 Texas. The Horticultural possibilities of Minnesota were indi- 

 cated by twenty-eight varieties of seedling crabs. And there 

 were plates of oranges, Japan persimmons, and collections of 

 cocoa-nuts, figs, sugar-cane, pomegranates, pears, sweet potatoes, 

 peanuts, cotton and corn from different localities in the South. 



The sessions of the Society were held in a large and well- 

 lighted church, of good acoustic properties and free from noise 

 or disturbance. It was announced at the opening of the session 

 that no excursions ; no banquetings had been planned ; in order 

 that nothing might interrupt or interfere with the business of 

 the Convention ; that the Michigan members esteemed it a great 

 privilege as well as honor that the Society had consented to hold 

 its Convention there, and they wished to make the most of so 

 grand an opportunity for instruction in Pomological science. 



In the absence of the President, Marshall P. Wilder, Patrick 

 Barry of Rochester was made the presiding oflScer. 



Welcoming addresses were made by the Mayor of the City, by 

 T. T. Lyon, President of the Michigan Horticultural Society, and 

 by President Angell of the State University. 



Among the notable persons present were Norman J. Coleman, 

 United States Commissioner of Agriculture ; Dr. C. E. Bessy of 

 the State University, Nebraska ; Prof. J. C. Arthur of the New 

 York Experiment Station at Geneva ; Prof. W. R. Lazen by of 

 the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station ; Peter Gideon of Ex- 

 celsior, Minnesota, the veteran Pomologist of that State and the 

 pioneer of the Northwest in the organization of new varieties of 



