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No. of Average 

 Meetings A tten- 

 1891. dance. 



Canada : 



British Columbia Fruit Growers' Association 1 



Montreal Horticultural Society 2 40 



Ontario Fruit Growers' Association. . , 150 



Indiana Horticultural Society 2 50 to 75 



Kentucky Horticultural Society ..... v 1 40 



Maine Pomological Society 1 Good 



Michigan Horticultural Society 2 125 



Minnesota Horticultural Society 2 50 and 300 



Mississippi Horticultural Society 2 100 



Missouri Horticultural Society 2 120 to 150 



New Jersey Horticultural Society 1 75 



New York, Western New York Horticultural Society 1 300 



Ohio Horticultural Society 3 60 



Oregon Horticultural Society 4 150 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society ..12 45 



" State Horticultural Association 1 50 



Rhode Island Horticultural Society 10 25 



South Carolina Horticultural Society 1 Good 



Texas Horticultural Society 1 150 



Wisconsin Horticultural Society 2 100 to 200 



The same spirit which maintains the farmers' institutes and 

 the societies seeks the establishment of agricultural schools. 

 Several agricultural colleges and experiment stations have 

 been organized during the year or within the few months pre- 

 ceding it; and it is an interesting fact in the history of the de- 

 velopment of our country that one of these institutions is in 

 the newly organized territory of Oklahoma. Forty-six states 

 and territories now possess an agricultural college and exper- 

 coiieges. iment station. Only Alaska, Idaho and Montana have failed 

 to establish such institutions. There is now a demand in 

 England for technical horticultural schools. (See page 148.) 



The most distinct educational movement of the year in hor- 

 ticultural directions is the passage of the law by the State of 

 New York, providing for the establishment of a great botanic 

 garden in New York city. This law was approved April 28, 

 1891, and is as follows : 



New 



