CONTENTS. 



The Inaugubal Meeting. ..... 7 



HOKTICULTURAL PaPEKS AND DiSCUSSIONS. 



Some Recently Introduced Weeds. By Merritt L. 



Fernald^ Cambridge, 3Iass. . . . . 11 



Forest Planting for Profit in Massachusetts. Hi/ 



Theodore F. Borst, Boston .... 23 



General Discussion on Fruit. Opened by E. TF! 



Wood, West Mwton, 3Iass 29 



An Orchard Survey and What it Means. By Prof. 



John Craig, Ithaca, N. 3'. .... 37 



Dwai-f Fruit Trees. By Prof. F. A. Watigh, 



Amherst, 3Iass. ...... 47 



Bacteria as Fertilizers. By I)r. George T. Moore, 



Washington, B.C.. . . . . . 57 



General Discussion on Flowers. Opened by J. Wood- 



tcard Manning, Reading, Mass. . . . G5 



Some Aspects of Hardy Flower Culture. By A. 



Herrington, Madison, JV. J. . . . . 77 



The Return to Nature. By Miss Maud jSummers, 



Cambridge, Mass. . . . . . . 91 



General Discussion on Vegetaljles. Opened by 



\Va?-re)i W. liawson, Arlington, Mass. . . 101 



