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F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y. H. E. Van Deman, Washington, 



A. L. Quaintance, Washington, D. C. 



D. C. J. Van Lindley, Pomona, N. C. 



F. W. Rane, Boston, Mass. J. C. Vaughan, Chicago, 111. 



W. W. Rawson, Boston, Mass. Dr. Roger T. Vaughan, Chicago, 



W. Routzahn, Chicago, 111. . 111. 



W. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass. C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la. 



Wm. Stuart, Burlington, Vt. H. S. Wayman, Princeton, Mo. 



L. R. Taft, Agricultural College, John T. Withers, Jersey City, N. J. 



Mich. Dr. A. F. Woods, Washington, 



Dr. A. C. True, Washington, D. C. D. C. 



MORNING SESSION. 



Chairman Vaughan : Gentlemen, it becomes my duty to call to 

 order this Congress of Horticulture, the organization of which is due 

 to Mr. Warren H. Manning more than anyone else. Through him the 

 authorities of the Jamestown Exposition saw fit to call for a Congress 

 of Horticulture, and incidentally asked the National Council of Hor- 

 ticulture to arrange for this Congress. 



I hardly need say that on national occasions like this a great 

 exposition is made of what man has done with things material. It has 

 been thought wise to have meetings which consider the laws according 

 to which these things are made, and which may be produced again at 

 will. The Congress of Horticulture will seem to be as important as 

 an exposition of plants, fruits and flowers. 



At this Congress we aim to bring down to date a resume of what 

 has been accomplished since our last Congress; to survey our chosen 

 field, horticulture, on all sides and at each to summarize in a broad 

 way about as follows: First, where are we? Second, what are we 

 doing? Third, what are our prospects? The papers which will be 

 presented to you have been prepared in the main on these lines, and 

 I believe will not disappoint those who have traveled far to be here, 

 nor that world-wide, audience which will later read them. 



Originally the program was intended to cover two days, but find- 

 ing a possible conflict the last day with the opening session of the 

 Pomological Society, which is holding its regular biennial session here, 

 the program committee arranged to close with the evening session. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 

 S. A. ROBINSON, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. 



Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Horticultural Congress, it 

 is a pleasure to welcome a body of such men as you to the State of 

 Virginia, and it is eminently proper that the first meeting of this Con- 

 gress should be near the spot upon which probably grew the first 

 domestic fruit trees brought to this continent. It would be very inter- 

 esting to know how many of the 78 varieties described by Ray in 1686 



