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Prefatory Note, 3 



Business Meeting, January 4, 1896; Address of President Appleton, pp. 

 5-16; Appropriations for 1896, 16, 17; Appointment of Treasurer and 

 Secretary, 17; Proj^ramme of Lectures and Discussions announced, 17; 

 Annual Report of the Secretary and Librarian read, 17; Reports of 

 Committees on Vegetables and School Gardens and Children's Her- 

 bariums read, 17; Vote of thanks to Waldo O. Ross, 17; Committee to 

 obtain portrait of retiring President, 17; Finance and Library Com- 

 mittees authorized to store part of the Library, 17, 18; Vote of Thanks 

 to the retiring President, 18 ; Letter from Hollis Webster, 18 ; Two 

 members elected, . - 18 



Meeting FOR Lecture and Discussion, Janiiaiy 11; Hardy Garden 



Plants, by E. O. Orpet, pp. 18-29; Discussion, 29-31 



Meeting for Lecture and Discussion, January 18 ; Conservatism in 



Scientific Agriculture, by Prof. W. H. Jordan, pp. 31-47 ; Discussion, . 47-49 



Meeting for Lecture and Discussion, January 25; Stove Plants in 



their Native Tropics, by Prof. G. L. Goodale, 49-54 



Business Meeting, February 1 ; Report of Joint Committee on the Build- 

 ing, and vote passed, pp. 54, 65; Annual Report of the Treasurer read, 

 55; Committee on School Gardens and Children's Herbariums ap- 

 pointed, 55 ; Committees to prepare memorials of Charles M. Atkinson 

 and Hon. John P. Spaulding, 55 ; Invitation from Boston Society of 

 Natural History, 55 : Member elected, 55 



Meeting for Lecture and Discussion, February 8 ; Seed Control : Its 

 Aims, Methods, and Benefits, by Gilbert H. Hicks, pp. 56-81 ; Dis- 

 cussion, 82, 83 



Meeting for Lecture and Discussion, February 15 ; Some Scale 



Insects, by L. O. Howard, with four plates, pp. 84—96 ; Discussion, . 97, 98 



Meeting for Lecture and Discussion, February 29; Some Tendencies 

 and Problems in the Evolution of Species among Parasitic Fungi, by 

 Prof. George F. Atkinson, pp. 98-118 ; Discussion, 118 



Business Meeting, March 7; Appointment of Secretary j»ro tern., p. 119; 

 Report of Committee on Gardens referred to Committee on Publica- 

 tion, 119; Six members elected, 119 



Meeting for Lecture and Discussion, March 14; Ornamental Planting 



for Pai-ks and Public Grounds, by William S. Egerton 119-133 



Meeting for Lecture and Discussion, March 21 ; Grasses, by Prof. F. 



Lamson-Scribner, pp. 134-149; Discussion 149,150 



Meeting for Lecture and Discussion, March 28 ; Manuring Orchards, 



by Prof. Edward B. Voorhees, pp. 150-165 ; Discussion, . . . 166, 167 



Business Meeting, April 4; Memorial of Hon. John P. Spaulding, pp. 167, 

 168; More time granted the Committee on memorial of C. M. Atkinson, 

 168; Two pamphlets presented to the Society, 168; Four members 

 elected 168 



Meeting for Lecture and Discussion, April 11 ; Mushrooms, Edible and 



Poisonous, by William C. Bates 169-187 



