CONTENTS. 



TAGS. 



Keport op the Secretary: 



General remarks 1 



Work of the Society during the year 2 



Fourth Annual Exhibition 4 



List of Premiums offered, entries and awards — Apples 7 



Pears 11 



Grapes 12 



Miscellaneous 14 



Flowers 16 



Garden crops, Ac 18 



Annual Meeting 21 



Proceedings of the Winter Meeting: 



Opening Exercises 22 



Planting an Orchard, Dr. N. T. True 23 



Preparation of the Soil 23 



Transplanting the Trees 24 



Setting out the Trees 26 



The Results 26 



Subsequent Treatment 27 



Reflections and Suggestions 27 



Discussion of the Subject 30 



Discussion on Grafting 32 



Raising Crab Apples, H. Reynolds, M. D 37 



Discussion on same Subject 40 



The Renovation of Old Orchards, W. P. Atherton 45 



Historical Sketches ^^ 



Methods of Renovation 51 



Improvement by Grazing 63 



Plowing oi 



Essay on the same Subject, Alfred Smith 56 



Discussion on same 59 



The Russian Apple Business, Granville Fernald 63 



The Nursery Business in Maine, Report by the President 74 



Discussion of the Subject i 77 



Notes on Feens and Flowers, James Vickery 81 



Ferns and Ferneries 81 



Cultivation of House Plants ^ 2 



Calla Lilies 82 



Other Plants 83 



