FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 45 



pass the nionihcrshii) envelopes aniong^st the audience, and I 

 hope you will take advantaj^e of it. 



We have on hand a good many of the back reports of the 

 Societv, and those members who have not the full set of our 

 reports can complete their sets, so far as the number on hand 

 will permit, if you will come to me or write to me about them. 

 We have any number of these stowed away, and if they are not 

 used they are so much dead matter. 



Prof. Gullev : I attended a Pomological convention out 

 west at one time, and when I arrived at the door they sug- 

 gested to me they had a good thing inside, and if I put in a 

 dollar T could go in. The members were obliged to pay before 

 they got inside the door, and they took in hundreds of them, 

 and that is the way the western Horticultural societies are 

 getting ahead, and if every member of this Society would pay 

 one dollar before he comes inside the door, it would be a good 

 thing for the Society. 



Secretary Miles: I have a resolution hefe on this subject 

 Avhich I wish to ofifer for your consideration. It is as follows : 



Resolved — That a special committee be appointed by the 

 Chair to take into consideration the subject of membership in 

 this Society and recommend such changes in our by-laws or 

 present methods of conducting this work as will put it on a 

 stronger basis. 



Secretary ^Iiles: I move the adoption of this resolution. 



Seconded and carried unanimously. 



President Eddy : I will appoint the coiumittee a little later. 

 We have with us a gentleman from Delaware, who. I am told, 

 has had a great deal of experience both in spraying methods 

 and machinery, and we will call upon him now to give us 

 the results of some of his work along those lines. Mr. S. H. 

 Derby, of Woodside. Delaware. 



Spraying Methods and Machinery. 



By Samuei, H. Derby. Woodside, Del. 

 I am delighted to be here in Connecticut to-day, and in fact, 

 if I had not expected to reap more benefit from being here 



