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The President's annual address was referred to a committee con- 

 sisting of D. H. Knowlton, E. W. Dunbar and A. S. Ricker, who 

 reported as follows before the close of the winter meeting, and the 

 report was accepted. 



Report of Committee on President's Address. 



That 80 far as possible the permanent fund of the society should 

 be maintained intact in accordance with our by-laws ; and we would 

 recommend that the indebtedness of the society to that fund be paid 

 at the earliest day possible. 



In the absence of further aid from the State, as urged by the 

 President, it is hoped that the officers of the society and its members 

 will earnestly endeavor to secure new members, that our funds may 

 be increased and the work of the society extended. 



We see no more reason for our apple growers being discouraged 

 or neglecting their orchards in consequence of the present low prices, 

 than that our western grain growers should stop planting the cereals 

 in consequence of abundant crops and unprofitable prices for a single 

 year. 



ANNUALS FOR LAWN DECORATION. 

 By Miss L. M. Pope. 



The present low prices of seeds make floriculture a possibility 

 with even the impecunious. Ever}' one must have observed the 

 increase in flower gardens through the country in the past few 

 years, due, no doubt, in part to the reduced price of seeds, but 

 there must be a growing taste for flowers, as well. One now sel- 

 dom finds a cottage too humble for its bed of annuals or vine-clad 

 window. 



That flowers are capable of giving delight to both cultivator and 

 beholder, however humble and simple in character and arrangement, 

 we must admit ; but when the same outlay of trouble and expense 

 may be made to produce pleasing effects, it seems a pity to huddle 

 them in incongruous masses of coloring, and st3'le of growth. Fre- 

 quently this flower planting is performed by persons with little time 

 for such recreations, and in their haste to make the most with the 

 least outlay, they outrage every law of beauty. To be sure, they 

 cannot spoil the color or form of the individual specimens, but the 

 too close proximity to each other of individuals with discordant col- 

 oring and style of growth, spoils the beauty of all. 



