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Proceedings of the 

 14th Annual Meeting 



PURSUANT to the call of the Executive Committee and 

 in accordance with the provisions of its Constitution, 

 the Society convened for its fourteenth annual meeting Feb- 

 ruary I and 2, 1905, in Unity Hall, Hartford. 



The meeting was called to order at 10.30 o'clock Wednes- 

 day morning, February ist, by the President, Prof. Alfred 

 G. Gulley of Storrs. 



The opening session was held under very favorable con- 

 ditions as to weather, larger attendance of members and 

 others, and a lively interest in the various reports, addresses 

 and discussions. The hall was tastefully decorated for the 

 occasion, the Society's banners with their unique mottoes 

 being hung about the side walls, while over the president's 

 chair was suspended an attractive sign bearing the suggest- 

 ive words, "This Society wants 1,000 members in 1905. Will 

 yoii be one of the thousand?" 



A beautiful display of choice fruits with plants and cut 

 flowers adorned the stage. In the exhibition hall below a 

 splendid collection of apples and other fruits was shown in 

 competition for the prizes offered by the Society, and in con- 

 nection with the exhibit of implements made this room a 

 center of interest throughout the meeting. 



In opening the meeting. President Gulley said : 



