CONTENTS. 



PAGB 



Prefatory Note, 3 



Business Meeting, January 4,1890; Address of President Spooner, pp. 6-8; 

 Awards by Committee on Gardens, 8; Report of Committee on Win- 

 dow Gardening read, 9; Appropriations for 1890, 9; Appointment of 

 Secretary and Treasurer, 9; Prizes for Reports, 9; Committee on Por- 

 trait of President Walcott, 9 ; Proceedings of American Pomological 

 Society presented, 10; Letter from F. Lyford, 10 ; Appointment of Com- 

 mittee of Conference, 10 ; Election of Member, 10 ; Announcement of 



Meetings for Discussion, 10 



Business Meeting, January 11 ; Letter from Montreal Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, and appointment of Delegate 10, 11 



Meeting for Discussion; Horticulture of California, by Benjamin P. 



Ware, pp. 11-15; Discussion, 15,16 



Business Meeting, January 18; Report of Treasurer read, p. 16; Letter 



from Montreal Horticultural Society, 16 



Meeting for Discussion; Huckleberries and Blueberries, by E. Lewis 



Sturtevant, M. D., pp. 17-33; Discussion 33-38 



Business Meeting, January 25; Notices, etc., to be sent to members, p. 39; 



Library Committee authorized to employ assistance, .... 39 

 Meeting for Discussion ; Fruits and Flowers of Northern Japan, by Pro- 

 fessor William P. Brooks 39-59 



Business Meeting, February 1 ; Report of Committee on Gardens presented, 

 p. 60 ; Vote concerning appropriation for Committee on Window Gar- 

 dening, 60; Protection of fruit from juvenile trespassers, 60; Election 



of member, 60 



Meeting for Discussion ; Galls found near Boston, by Miss Cora H. Clarke, 



pp. 61-69; Discussion, 7» 



Business Meeting, February 8; Gypsy Moth, 71 



Meeting for Discussion; Chrysanthemums, by W. A. Manda, pp. 71-78; 



Discussion, 78, 79 



Business Meeting, February 15; Use of Library Room and Library by Ag- 

 ricultural Societies, p. 80; Committee to nominate Committee on Win- 

 dow Gardening, 80 



Meeting for Discussion; Cemeteries and Parks, by John G. Barker, pp. 



81-109; Discussion, 110-112 



Business Meeting, February 22; Committee on Window Gardening, . . 112 

 Meeting for Discussion; The Growth and Nutrition of Plants, by Profes- 

 sor G. H. Whitcher, pp. 113-127 ; Discussion 127-129 



