REPORT OF THE COISBIITTEE OX LECTURES AND 

 PUBLICATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1909. 



There have been no changes to record during the past year in 

 regard to the publications of the Society. The Transactions have 

 been issued as usual in two parts. Part 2 of 1908 was issued April 5 

 and Part 1 of 1909, containing the lectures and discussions of the 

 present year was ready August 31. 



The usual course of winter lectures was arranged by the com- 

 mittee and the average attendance was 150. Through the courtesy 

 of the Boston Evening Transcript very full reports of most of the 

 lectvires have been published on the day they were given, thereby 

 reaching a much larger audience than was present at the meetings. 



Reprints of these reports have been sent to many other papers 

 throughout the country and we find that they have l)een very gen- 

 erally printed in whole or in part. 



The program of this year's course was as follows : 



January 9. The Yeast of the Soil. By Wni. H. Bowker, Boston. 



January 16. Garden Insects and how to Control them. By 

 Prof. E. Dwight Sanderson, Durham, N. H. 



January 23. Ornamental Gardens and Garden INIaterials. 

 Illustrated. By Prof. E. A. White, Amherst, Mass. 



January 30. The Effects of Conditions of Growth in certain 

 Horticultural Plants upon Susceptibility to Fungous Diseases. 

 By Prof. B. M. Duggar, Ithaca, N. Y. The John I^ewis Russell 

 Lecture. 



February 6. The Etherization of Plants for Forcing Purposes. 

 By Prof. William Stuart, Burlington, Vt. 



February 13. Plant Breeding. Illustrated. By Prof. Herbert 

 J. Webber, Ithaca. X. Y.- 

 February 20. American I.,andscape Architecture. By Prof. 

 F. A. Waugh, Amherst. 



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